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East Anglia · Environment Agency surveys

What fish are in the River Stour Upper (East Anglia)?

Monitoring has recorded 31 species across 20 surveyed sites on this water, between 1980 and 2024. 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. BullheadCottus gobio20 siteslatest 8 Oct 2024
  2. GudgeonGobio gobio20 siteslatest 23 Sept 2024
  3. RoachRutilus rutilus20 siteslatest 8 Oct 2024
  4. ChubLeuciscus cephalus19 siteslatest 8 Oct 2024
  5. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus19 siteslatest 8 Oct 2024
  6. MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus19 siteslatest 23 Sept 2024
  7. PerchPerca fluviatilis19 siteslatest 8 Oct 2024
  8. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula19 siteslatest 23 Sept 2024
  9. PikeEsox lucius18 siteslatest 8 Oct 2024
  10. RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus18 siteslatest 23 Sept 2024
  11. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus17 siteslatest 8 Oct 2024
  12. Common breamAbramis brama17 siteslatest 8 Oct 2024
  13. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla16 siteslatest 3 Sept 2024
  14. TenchTinca tinca14 siteslatest 18 Sept 2024
  15. Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama13 siteslatest 8 Oct 2024
  16. RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus12 siteslatest 23 Aug 2024
  17. Spined loachCobitis taenia11 siteslatest 18 Sept 2024
  18. ZanderSander lucioperca11 siteslatest 28 Sept 2009
  19. Roach x rudd hybridRutilus rutilus x Scardinius erythrophthalmus10 siteslatest 5 Oct 2012
  20. BleakAlburnus alburnus9 siteslatest 3 Sept 2024
  21. Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta9 siteslatest 22 Aug 2018
  22. Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio8 siteslatest 20 Sept 2006
  23. Crucian carpCarassius carassius4 siteslatest 23 Nov 1994
  24. Golden pikeEsox lucius4 siteslatest 22 Sept 2009
  25. Roach x chub hybridRutilus rutilus x Leuciscus cephalus4 siteslatest 27 Sept 2012
  26. Mirror carpCyprinus carpio3 siteslatest 19 Sept 2006
  27. Feral [brown] goldfishCarassius auratus2 siteslatest 26 Sept 2003
  28. Brook lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 4 Sept 2012
  29. Lamprey sp. ammocoetesPetromyzontidae1 sitelatest 14 Aug 2024
  30. Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss1 sitelatest 23 Sept 2003
  31. Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna1 sitelatest 25 Sept 2000

Surveyed sites on this water

20 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