West Midlands · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the River Penk?
Monitoring has recorded 27 species across 11 surveyed sites on this water, between 1990 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.
- PerchPerca fluviatilis11 siteslatest 11 Jun 2025
- European eelAnguilla anguilla9 siteslatest 23 Jul 2015
- GudgeonGobio gobio9 siteslatest 11 Jun 2025
- RoachRutilus rutilus9 siteslatest 25 Jun 2024
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus8 siteslatest 25 Jun 2024
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus8 siteslatest 25 Jun 2024
- PikeEsox lucius8 siteslatest 11 Jun 2025
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta7 siteslatest 11 Jun 2025
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus6 siteslatest 25 Jun 2024
- BullheadCottus gobio6 siteslatest 11 Jun 2025
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus6 siteslatest 11 Jun 2025
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla5 siteslatest 11 Jul 2017
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula5 siteslatest 25 Jun 2024
- Common breamAbramis brama3 siteslatest 23 Jun 2015
- Pike varietiesEsox lucius3 siteslatest 12 Jul 2016
- Spined loachCobitis taenia3 siteslatest 25 Jun 2024
- BarbelBarbus barbus2 siteslatest 9 Aug 2018
- Lamprey sp. > ammocoetePetromyzontidae2 siteslatest 11 Jul 2017
- Lamprey sp. ammocoetesPetromyzontidae2 siteslatest 25 Jun 2024
- Brook lamprey ammocoetesLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 9 Jun 2016
- Crucian carpCarassius carassius1 sitelatest 7 Sept 1993
- GraylingThymallus thymallus1 sitelatest 11 Jun 2025
- Lampetra sp.Lampetra1 sitelatest 20 Jun 2019
- Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae1 sitelatest 23 Jul 2015
- Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss1 sitelatest 25 Apr 2013
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus1 sitelatest 12 Sept 1990
- TenchTinca tinca1 sitelatest 16 Aug 2005
Surveyed sites on this water
11 shown, newest survey first
Brewood Park Farm
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 11 Jun 2025
Cuttlestone Bridge
- Survey events
- 13
- Observed taxa
- 18
- Latest survey
- 11 Jun 2025
Acton Mill Bridge, Acton Trussel
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 17
- Latest survey
- 25 Jun 2024
Radford Bridge
- Survey events
- 10
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 9 Aug 2018
Somerford Mill Farm
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 23 Jun 2015
Lower Drayton
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 4 Jun 2015
Stretton Mill
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 17 Aug 2005
Pendeford Nature Reserve
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 16 Aug 2005
Blackbrook Nature Trail, Pendeford
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 31 Jul 1996
Allotment Site Codsall
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 30 Jul 1996
D/S Bilbrook Wrw
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 8 Sept 1993
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