AnglerRadar / Rivers / River Little Avon River Little Avon fishing evidence · Wessex
What fish are in the River Little Avon? Monitoring has recorded 27 species across 11 surveyed sites on this water, between 1978 and 2024. 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.
River evidence passport
Four signals, kept deliberately separate. The passport shows identity, survey breadth, evidence freshness and trip constraints without turning unlike facts into an opaque “best river” score.
01 · Identity River Little Avon
EA ecology area Wessex
Waterbody IDs GB109054026580 · GB109054026590 · GB109054026600 · GB109054026620
Catchments River Little Avon 02 · Survey breadth 11 sites · 44 events 27 positive taxa aggregates are shown. More survey coverage is not a fishing-quality verdict.
03 · Freshness by site Latest 13 Aug 2024
Within 2 years 0 sites
3–5 years 2 sites
6–10 years 0 sites
Older 9 sites 04 · Trip constraints Permission is not established Survey evidence carries no access boundary, permit, opening status, catch forecast or live safety signal. Resolve each before travelling.
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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.
European eels > elvers Anguilla anguilla 10 sites latest 7 Aug 2024 Brown / sea trout Salmo trutta 9 sites latest 13 Aug 2024 Bullhead Cottus gobio 8 sites latest 13 Aug 2024 Chub Leuciscus cephalus 8 sites latest 10 Sept 2015 Minnow Phoxinus phoxinus 8 sites latest 13 Aug 2024 Roach Rutilus rutilus 8 sites latest 26 Sept 2018 Stone loach Barbatula barbatula 8 sites latest 7 Aug 2024 3-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus 7 sites latest 2 Oct 2018 Gudgeon Gobio gobio 7 sites latest 13 Aug 2024 Grayling Thymallus thymallus 6 sites latest 13 Aug 2024 European elvers Anguilla anguilla 5 sites latest 26 Sept 2018 Brook lamprey > ammocoete Lampetra planeri 4 sites latest 7 Aug 2024 Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss 4 sites latest 1 Sept 2005 Dace Leuciscus leuciscus 3 sites latest 11 Sept 2012 Common [wild] carp Cyprinus carpio 2 sites latest 25 Feb 2003 Common bream Abramis brama 2 sites latest 25 Feb 2003 European glass eels Anguilla anguilla 2 sites latest 26 Sept 2018 Flounder Platichthys flesus 2 sites latest 2 Jun 2004 Lamprey sp. > ammocoete Petromyzontidae 2 sites latest 2 Oct 2018 European eel Anguilla anguilla 1 site latest 13 Aug 2024 Lampetra sp. > ammocoete Lampetra 1 site latest 10 Sept 2015 Lampetra sp. ammocoetes Lampetra 1 site latest 10 Sept 2015 Lamprey sp. Petromyzontidae 1 site latest 9 Sept 2009 Lamprey sp. ammocoetes Petromyzontidae 1 site latest 2 Oct 2018 Perch Perca fluviatilis 1 site latest 14 Mar 1990 River lamprey > ammocoete Lampetra fluviatilis 1 site latest 1 Sept 2005 Rudd Scardinius erythrophthalmus 1 site latest 25 Feb 2003 Surveyed sites on this water
11 shown, newest survey first
Provenance
Source and licence Source Environment Agency Ecology & Fish Data Licence Open Government Licence v3.0 Source copy retrieved 23 Jul 2026 Waterbody name As published by the Environment Agency Not asserted Current presence, access, permission, fishing quality or safety