Yorkshire · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the River Nidd (Yorkshire)?
Monitoring has recorded 32 species across 20 surveyed sites on this water, between 1984 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.
- BullheadCottus gobio17 siteslatest 21 Aug 2025
- GraylingThymallus thymallus17 siteslatest 8 Jul 2025
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta16 siteslatest 21 Aug 2025
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus16 siteslatest 21 Aug 2025
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula15 siteslatest 21 Aug 2025
- GudgeonGobio gobio13 siteslatest 17 Jul 2025
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus12 siteslatest 13 Aug 2025
- BarbelBarbus barbus10 siteslatest 17 Jul 2025
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus10 siteslatest 13 Aug 2025
- European eelAnguilla anguilla9 siteslatest 24 Sept 2015
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla9 siteslatest 7 Jul 2025
- PerchPerca fluviatilis9 siteslatest 13 Aug 2025
- PikeEsox lucius9 siteslatest 13 Aug 2025
- RoachRutilus rutilus9 siteslatest 13 Aug 2025
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus8 siteslatest 9 Jul 2025
- BleakAlburnus alburnus7 siteslatest 13 Aug 2025
- Atlantic salmonSalmo salar6 siteslatest 7 Jul 2025
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus5 siteslatest 9 Jul 2025
- Pike varietiesEsox lucius5 siteslatest 4 Aug 2011
- Common breamAbramis brama3 siteslatest 23 Jun 2016
- Lampetra sp. > ammocoeteLampetra2 siteslatest 3 Jul 2019
- Lampetra sp. ammocoetesLampetra2 siteslatest 21 Aug 2019
- Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae2 siteslatest 9 Sept 2015
- River lamprey ammocoetesLampetra fluviatilis2 siteslatest 18 Jul 2017
- 10-spined sticklebackPungitius pungitius1 sitelatest 19 Aug 2015
- Brook lamprey ammocoetesLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 21 Sept 2017
- Brown / sea trout x salmon hybridSalmo trutta x Salmo salar1 sitelatest 30 Jun 2022
- Lampetra sp.Lampetra1 sitelatest 7 Sept 2015
- Lamprey sp. ammocoetesPetromyzontidae1 sitelatest 22 Jul 2015
- River lampreyLampetra fluviatilis1 sitelatest 24 Sept 2015
- Sea lamprey > ammocoetePetromyzon marinus1 sitelatest 20 Jun 2013
- Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna1 sitelatest 17 Jul 2025
Surveyed sites on this water
20 shown, newest survey first
Lofthouse d/s
- Survey events
- 17
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 21 Aug 2025
Kirk Hammerton - Fry Survey
- Survey events
- 32
- Observed taxa
- 15
- Latest survey
- 13 Aug 2025
Moor Monkton
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 17 Jul 2025
Knaresborough Bypass
- Survey events
- 17
- Observed taxa
- 17
- Latest survey
- 9 Jul 2025
Ribston Park (NEW 2018)
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 8 Jul 2025
Cowthorpe
- Survey events
- 19
- Observed taxa
- 21
- Latest survey
- 7 Jul 2025
Skip Bridge
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 23 Jun 2025
Scotton Mill
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 12 Sept 2024
Newhouses
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 4 Sept 2024
Summerbridge
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 4 Sept 2024
Nun Monkton
- Survey events
- 15
- Observed taxa
- 18
- Latest survey
- 22 Jul 2019
Ribston Park
- Survey events
- 15
- Observed taxa
- 21
- Latest survey
- 3 Jul 2019
Kirk Hammerton
- Survey events
- 13
- Observed taxa
- 19
- Latest survey
- 23 Jun 2016
Conyngham Hall
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 28 Sept 2015
u/s Pately Bridge
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 24 Sept 2015
d/s Glasshouse WTW
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 9 Sept 2015
Birstwith
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 7 Sept 2015
u/s Hampsthwaite Bridge
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 7 Sept 2015
Goldsborough
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 22 Jul 2015
Killinghall
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 14 Jun 2005
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