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East Anglia · Environment Agency surveys

What fish are in the River Nene (Old Course)?

Monitoring has recorded 16 species across 10 surveyed sites on this water, between 1987 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.

  1. Common breamAbramis brama10 siteslatest 5 Jul 2023
  2. PerchPerca fluviatilis10 siteslatest 5 Jul 2023
  3. PikeEsox lucius10 siteslatest 5 Jul 2023
  4. RoachRutilus rutilus10 siteslatest 5 Jul 2023
  5. Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna10 siteslatest 5 Jul 2023
  6. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla9 siteslatest 7 Jul 2011
  7. Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama9 siteslatest 5 Jul 2023
  8. RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus9 siteslatest 5 Jul 2023
  9. RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus9 siteslatest 5 Jul 2023
  10. TenchTinca tinca9 siteslatest 5 Jul 2023
  11. ZanderSander lucioperca9 siteslatest 7 Jul 2011
  12. BleakAlburnus alburnus8 siteslatest 5 Jul 2023
  13. GudgeonGobio gobio6 siteslatest 13 Jun 1994
  14. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus3 siteslatest 14 Jun 1994
  15. European eelAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 28 Jun 2006
  16. Spined loachCobitis taenia1 sitelatest 15 Jun 2017

Surveyed sites on this water

10 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