Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the River Taw sites?
Monitoring has recorded 13 species across 23 surveyed sites on this water, between 1996 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 trutta23 siteslatest 2 Sept 2025
- Atlantic salmonSalmo salar22 siteslatest 9 Sept 2025
- BullheadCottus gobio17 siteslatest 9 Sept 2025
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus14 siteslatest 9 Sept 2025
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula13 siteslatest 9 Sept 2025
- European eelAnguilla anguilla12 siteslatest 21 Sept 2012
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla5 siteslatest 9 Sept 2025
- Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae4 siteslatest 20 Jul 2023
- Lamprey sp. ammocoetesPetromyzontidae4 siteslatest 2 Sept 2025
- European elversAnguilla anguilla2 siteslatest 9 Sept 2025
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus1 sitelatest 25 Sept 2018
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus1 sitelatest 19 Aug 2010
- FlounderPlatichthys flesus1 sitelatest 12 Sept 2012
Surveyed sites on this water
23 shown, newest survey first
Chapelton (Dip/WFD)
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 9 Sept 2025
Bondleigh (Dip)
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 2 Sept 2025
Braggamarsh (Dip)
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 2 Sept 2025
Chenson (Dip)
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 2 Sept 2025
Coldridge Bridge (Dip)
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 15 Aug 2025
Taw Green (Sp)
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 25 Jul 2025
U/S Sticklepath (Sp)
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 25 Jul 2025
East Rowden (Te)
- Survey events
- 20
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 30 Jun 2025
Irishmans Wall (Te)
- Survey events
- 17
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 20 Jun 2025
South Tawton STW (5 min)
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 12 Sept 2023
Cann's Clapper (5 min)
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 31 Jul 2023
Halford Manor (5 min)
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 31 Jul 2023
East Rowden (5 min)
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 20 Jul 2023
Colleton Mills (Dip)*
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 21 Sept 2012
Little Silver (Dip)*
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 12 Sept 2012
Newbridge (Dip)*
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 12 Sept 2012
Hawkridge Bridge (Dip)*
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 7 Sept 2012
Park Mill Bridge (Dip)*
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 21 Aug 2012
North Tawton (Dip)*
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 14 Aug 2012
Taw Marsh (Sp)*
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 30 Sept 2008
D/S Weir Sheepfold*
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 26 Sept 2008
Chawleigh Week (Dip)*
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 25 Sept 2001
Umberleigh (Dip)*
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 25 Sept 2001
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