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Thames · Environment Agency surveys

What fish are in the River Kennet?

Monitoring has recorded 31 species across 56 surveyed sites on this water, between 1999 and 2025. These are survey records with dates. They do not establish what is present today, that the water is fishable, or that you have permission to fish it.

Recorded species

What monitoring has found here

Ordered by how many sites on this water recorded the species. A species not listed has not been recorded by these surveys — which is not the same as being absent.

  1. Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta47 siteslatest 14 Oct 2025
  2. PikeEsox lucius47 siteslatest 9 Oct 2025
  3. ChubLeuciscus cephalus41 siteslatest 9 Oct 2025
  4. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus41 siteslatest 9 Oct 2025
  5. PerchPerca fluviatilis38 siteslatest 9 Oct 2025
  6. RoachRutilus rutilus36 siteslatest 8 Oct 2025
  7. GudgeonGobio gobio31 siteslatest 1 Oct 2025
  8. BleakAlburnus alburnus27 siteslatest 25 Sept 2025
  9. BarbelBarbus barbus22 siteslatest 25 Sept 2025
  10. GraylingThymallus thymallus21 siteslatest 9 Oct 2025
  11. Common breamAbramis brama19 siteslatest 25 Sept 2025
  12. Atlantic salmonSalmo salar14 siteslatest 25 Oct 2010
  13. TenchTinca tinca13 siteslatest 13 Nov 2024
  14. Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama12 siteslatest 25 Oct 2018
  15. BullheadCottus gobio11 siteslatest 14 Oct 2025
  16. MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus11 siteslatest 14 Oct 2025
  17. European eelAnguilla anguilla9 siteslatest 8 Nov 2013
  18. RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus9 siteslatest 5 Nov 2022
  19. Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss8 siteslatest 8 Oct 2024
  20. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula8 siteslatest 8 Oct 2025
  21. Brook lampreyLampetra planeri7 siteslatest 14 Oct 2025
  22. Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio5 siteslatest 24 Oct 2018
  23. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla5 siteslatest 10 Oct 2025
  24. Pike varietiesEsox lucius5 siteslatest 1 Oct 2025
  25. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus4 siteslatest 14 Oct 2025
  26. Mirror carpCyprinus carpio4 siteslatest 4 Nov 2008
  27. Common carp varietiesCyprinus carpio3 siteslatest 22 Oct 2015
  28. RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus3 siteslatest 4 Nov 2022
  29. Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna3 siteslatest 4 Nov 2022
  30. Brook lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 6 Oct 2023
  31. Golden goldfishCarassius auratus1 sitelatest 12 Nov 2009

Surveyed sites on this water

56 shown, newest survey first

Provenance

Source and licence

  • SourceEnvironment Agency Ecology & Fish Data
  • LicenceOpen Government Licence v3.0
  • Source copy retrieved23 Jul 2026
  • Waterbody nameAs published by the Environment Agency
  • Not assertedCurrent presence, access, permission, fishing quality or safety