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.
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus12 siteslatest 4 Oct 2023
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus12 siteslatest 2 Oct 2025
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus12 siteslatest 2 Oct 2025
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula12 siteslatest 2 Oct 2025
- BullheadCottus gobio11 siteslatest 2 Oct 2025
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla11 siteslatest 11 Sept 2014
- RoachRutilus rutilus11 siteslatest 2 Oct 2025
- GudgeonGobio gobio10 siteslatest 4 Oct 2023
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus8 siteslatest 2 Oct 2025
- PerchPerca fluviatilis8 siteslatest 22 Aug 2023
- PikeEsox lucius7 siteslatest 10 Aug 2023
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus7 siteslatest 24 Aug 2017
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta6 siteslatest 22 Aug 2023
- Common breamAbramis brama5 siteslatest 17 Aug 2017
- Pike varietiesEsox lucius4 siteslatest 12 Aug 2010
- Brook lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra planeri3 siteslatest 9 Oct 1999
- European eelAnguilla anguilla3 siteslatest 12 Aug 2010
- BarbelBarbus barbus2 siteslatest 6 Aug 2002
- BleakAlburnus alburnus2 siteslatest 10 Aug 2023
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama2 siteslatest 7 Aug 2002
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus2 siteslatest 10 Aug 2023
- Brook lampreyLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 30 Jun 2009
- Brook lamprey ammocoetesLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 12 Aug 2010
- Golden ruddScardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 10 Aug 2023
- Lamprey sp. > ammocoetePetromyzontidae1 sitelatest 9 Sept 2014
- Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss1 sitelatest 28 Jun 1994
- Roach x dace hybridRutilus rutilus x Leuciscus leuciscus1 sitelatest 30 Jun 2009
- TenchTinca tinca1 sitelatest 21 Jun 1994
Surveyed sites on this water
14 shown, newest survey first
Larks Meadow Fry netting
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 2 Oct 2025
Honnington Bridge
- Survey events
- 11
- Observed taxa
- 15
- Latest survey
- 13 Sept 2023
Shipston-on-Stour
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 22 Aug 2023
Clifford Chambers
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 10 Aug 2023
Preston
- Survey events
- 13
- Observed taxa
- 17
- Latest survey
- 10 Aug 2023
Tidmington
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 17 Aug 2017
Wimpstone Bridge
- Survey events
- 11
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 12 Aug 2010
Newbold
- Survey events
- 12
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 5 Aug 2010
Halford Bridge
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 7 Aug 2002
Mitford Bridge
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 9 Oct 1999
Traitors Ford
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 9 Sept 1999
Wichford Mill
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 9 Sept 1999
Cherington, Parkers Mill
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 7 Sept 1999
Crimscote
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 21 Jun 1994
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