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West Midlands · Environment Agency surveys

What fish are in the River Stour (West Midlands)?

Monitoring has recorded 28 species across 14 surveyed sites on this water, between 1981 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.

  1. ChubLeuciscus cephalus12 siteslatest 4 Oct 2023
  2. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus12 siteslatest 2 Oct 2025
  3. MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus12 siteslatest 2 Oct 2025
  4. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula12 siteslatest 2 Oct 2025
  5. BullheadCottus gobio11 siteslatest 2 Oct 2025
  6. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla11 siteslatest 11 Sept 2014
  7. RoachRutilus rutilus11 siteslatest 2 Oct 2025
  8. GudgeonGobio gobio10 siteslatest 4 Oct 2023
  9. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus8 siteslatest 2 Oct 2025
  10. PerchPerca fluviatilis8 siteslatest 22 Aug 2023
  11. PikeEsox lucius7 siteslatest 10 Aug 2023
  12. RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus7 siteslatest 24 Aug 2017
  13. Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta6 siteslatest 22 Aug 2023
  14. Common breamAbramis brama5 siteslatest 17 Aug 2017
  15. Pike varietiesEsox lucius4 siteslatest 12 Aug 2010
  16. Brook lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra planeri3 siteslatest 9 Oct 1999
  17. European eelAnguilla anguilla3 siteslatest 12 Aug 2010
  18. BarbelBarbus barbus2 siteslatest 6 Aug 2002
  19. BleakAlburnus alburnus2 siteslatest 10 Aug 2023
  20. Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama2 siteslatest 7 Aug 2002
  21. RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus2 siteslatest 10 Aug 2023
  22. Brook lampreyLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 30 Jun 2009
  23. Brook lamprey ammocoetesLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 12 Aug 2010
  24. Golden ruddScardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 10 Aug 2023
  25. Lamprey sp. > ammocoetePetromyzontidae1 sitelatest 9 Sept 2014
  26. Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss1 sitelatest 28 Jun 1994
  27. Roach x dace hybridRutilus rutilus x Leuciscus leuciscus1 sitelatest 30 Jun 2009
  28. TenchTinca tinca1 sitelatest 21 Jun 1994

Surveyed sites on this water

14 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