Yorkshire · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the River Rye?
Monitoring has recorded 18 species across 11 surveyed sites on this water, between 1997 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.
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta11 siteslatest 20 Aug 2025
- GraylingThymallus thymallus7 siteslatest 20 Aug 2025
- Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss6 siteslatest 5 Jul 2006
- BullheadCottus gobio5 siteslatest 20 Aug 2025
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula3 siteslatest 20 Aug 2025
- Atlantic salmonSalmo salar2 siteslatest 30 Aug 2018
- BarbelBarbus barbus2 siteslatest 3 Sept 2024
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus2 siteslatest 3 Sept 2024
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus2 siteslatest 3 Sept 2024
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla2 siteslatest 3 Sept 2024
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus2 siteslatest 20 Aug 2025
- PikeEsox lucius2 siteslatest 20 Sept 2005
- GudgeonGobio gobio1 sitelatest 7 Sept 2004
- Lampetra sp.Lampetra1 sitelatest 15 Aug 2024
- Lampetra sp. ammocoetesLampetra1 sitelatest 15 Aug 2022
- Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae1 sitelatest 20 Aug 2025
- Pike varietiesEsox lucius1 sitelatest 25 Sept 2001
- RoachRutilus rutilus1 sitelatest 28 Aug 2003
Surveyed sites on this water
11 shown, newest survey first
R.Rye at Nunnington
- Survey events
- 10
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 20 Aug 2025
R.Rye at Shaken bdg
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 11 Sept 2024
R.Rye, d/s of Church Bridge. DERBT38
- Survey events
- 18
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 5 Sept 2024
R.Rye at Butterwick
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 3 Sept 2024
R. Rye at Duncombe Park above Sink Hole
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 27 Aug 2013
R.Rye u/s R.Seph
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 28 Jun 2006
R.Rye at Duncombe park
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 26 Jun 2006
R.Rye at Greencliff Hagg
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 26 Jun 2006
R.Rye at Helmsley
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 22 Jun 2006
R.Rye at Low ground Fm
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 22 Jun 2006
R.Rye at Howe Bridge DERCORS1
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 20 Sept 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