West Midlands · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the River Meese?
Monitoring has recorded 19 species across 11 surveyed sites on this water, between 1992 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.
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.
- PerchPerca fluviatilis11 siteslatest 12 May 2015
- PikeEsox lucius11 siteslatest 17 May 2018
- RoachRutilus rutilus10 siteslatest 30 May 2024
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus9 siteslatest 17 May 2018
- European eelAnguilla anguilla9 siteslatest 12 May 2015
- GudgeonGobio gobio9 siteslatest 17 May 2018
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus8 siteslatest 19 May 2015
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla4 siteslatest 17 May 2018
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta3 siteslatest 17 May 2018
- Common breamAbramis brama3 siteslatest 5 Jun 2008
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus1 sitelatest 8 May 2012
- BleakAlburnus alburnus1 sitelatest 19 May 2015
- BullheadCottus gobio1 sitelatest 30 May 2024
- Lamprey sp. ammocoetesPetromyzontidae1 sitelatest 17 May 2018
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus1 sitelatest 17 May 2018
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama1 sitelatest 26 May 2005
- Roach x silver bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis bjoerkna1 sitelatest 6 May 2003
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula1 sitelatest 30 May 2024
- TenchTinca tinca1 sitelatest 12 May 2015
Surveyed sites on this water
11 shown, newest survey first
Great Bolas
- Survey events
- 11
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 30 May 2024
Forton
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 12 May 2015
D/S Wood Farm refuge
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 27 Apr 2011
Wood Farm
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 5 Jun 2008
Wood Farm Off Stream Refuge
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 5 Jun 2008
Tibberton
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 17 May 2006
Caynton Manor
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 16 May 2006
Meretown
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 16 May 2006
Puleston
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 16 May 2006
New Caynton Mill
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 27 Apr 2004
Meeson
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 18 Jun 1996
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