Cumbria and Lancashire · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the River Lostock?
Monitoring has recorded 15 species across 25 surveyed sites on this water, between 1991 and 2023. 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.
- European eelAnguilla anguilla23 siteslatest 5 Jul 2023
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus19 siteslatest 5 Jul 2023
- RoachRutilus rutilus18 siteslatest 5 Jul 2023
- GudgeonGobio gobio16 siteslatest 5 Jul 2023
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus15 siteslatest 5 Jul 2023
- PerchPerca fluviatilis13 siteslatest 5 Jul 2023
- FlounderPlatichthys flesus10 siteslatest 25 Jul 2018
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta8 siteslatest 5 Jul 2023
- Right sided flatfish sp.Pleuronectidae7 siteslatest 31 Jul 1995
- Common breamAbramis brama3 siteslatest 27 Jun 2002
- BarbelBarbus barbus2 siteslatest 26 Jul 1995
- Mirror carpCyprinus carpio2 siteslatest 14 Feb 1999
- TenchTinca tinca2 siteslatest 24 Jul 2000
- Tench varietiesTinca tinca2 siteslatest 27 Jul 1995
- Pike varietiesEsox lucius1 sitelatest 26 Jul 1995
Surveyed sites on this water
25 shown, newest survey first
Cowling lane
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 5 Jul 2023
Below Farrington Weir
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 25 Jul 2018
Mill Lane
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 25 Jul 2018
Cuerden Valley Park 1
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 24 Jul 2018
Fowler Bridge
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 24 Jul 2018
Lower Copthurst
- Survey events
- 13
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 24 Jul 2018
Sheep Hill Lane
- Survey events
- 13
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 24 Jul 2018
Havelock Road
- Survey events
- 13
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 6 Jul 2018
Kem Mill Lane
- Survey events
- 12
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 6 Jul 2018
Todd Lane South
- Survey events
- 14
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 6 Jul 2018
Whins Lane u/s Copthurst
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 13 Jul 2004
Sherdeley Road
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 18 Jun 2004
Tudor Croft
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 18 Jun 2004
Above STW outfall
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 19 Jul 2000
Below STW outfall
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 19 Jul 2000
Lostock Bridge Farm
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 19 Jul 2000
Cricket Fields Lodge, Withnell
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 14 Feb 1999
Johnson House Farm
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 31 Jul 1995
500m Above Ulnes Walton Bridge
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 28 Jul 1995
Lostock Bridge at Croston
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 25 Jul 1995
Ulnes Walton Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 25 Jul 1995
Wade Hall
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 25 Jul 1995
Dunkirk Pub
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 24 Jul 1995
Earnshaw Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 24 Jul 1995
Cuerden Valley Park
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 10 Jul 1995
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