West Midlands · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the River Swift?
Monitoring has recorded 13 species across 9 surveyed sites on this water, between 1987 and 2017. 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.
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus7 siteslatest 27 Jun 2017
- BullheadCottus gobio7 siteslatest 27 Jun 2017
- PikeEsox lucius7 siteslatest 13 Jun 2013
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula5 siteslatest 27 Jun 2017
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla4 siteslatest 5 Apr 2006
- RoachRutilus rutilus4 siteslatest 13 Jun 2013
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus3 siteslatest 13 Jun 2013
- GudgeonGobio gobio3 siteslatest 10 Feb 1992
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus2 siteslatest 13 Jun 2013
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus2 siteslatest 1 Oct 1996
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta1 sitelatest 1 Oct 1996
- PerchPerca fluviatilis1 sitelatest 13 Jun 2013
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus1 sitelatest 12 May 1987
Surveyed sites on this water
9 shown, newest survey first
D/s Churchover
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 27 Jun 2017
Kimcote
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 27 Jun 2017
Lutterworth Golf Course
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 5 Apr 2006
Misterton
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 5 Apr 2006
Bransford Bridge
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 1 Oct 1996
Brownsover
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 1 Oct 1996
Churchover
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 1 Oct 1996
Lutterworth Golf Course site 2c
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 24 Sept 1996
Lutterworth d/d M1 site 2a
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 24 Sept 1996
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