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West Midlands · Environment Agency surveys

What fish are in the River Rea?

Monitoring has recorded 15 species across 11 surveyed sites on this water, between 1993 and 2018. 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. Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta10 siteslatest 10 Oct 2018
  2. European eelAnguilla anguilla7 siteslatest 10 Oct 2018
  3. RoachRutilus rutilus4 siteslatest 6 Aug 2015
  4. ChubLeuciscus cephalus3 siteslatest 7 May 2003
  5. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus3 siteslatest 25 May 1999
  6. GudgeonGobio gobio2 siteslatest 25 May 1999
  7. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus1 sitelatest 6 Aug 2015
  8. Atlantic salmonSalmo salar1 sitelatest 10 Oct 2018
  9. BarbelBarbus barbus1 sitelatest 10 Oct 2018
  10. BullheadCottus gobio1 sitelatest 6 Aug 2015
  11. GraylingThymallus thymallus1 sitelatest 21 Jul 2011
  12. Lamprey sp. ammocoetesPetromyzontidae1 sitelatest 29 Jun 2017
  13. PikeEsox lucius1 sitelatest 28 Apr 1993
  14. Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss1 sitelatest 21 Jul 2008
  15. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula1 sitelatest 6 Aug 2015

Surveyed sites on this water

11 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