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West Midlands · Environment Agency surveys

What fish are in the River Tern?

Monitoring has recorded 27 species across 17 surveyed sites on this water, between 1992 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 cephalus16 siteslatest 3 Jun 2024
  2. RoachRutilus rutilus16 siteslatest 2 Jun 2025
  3. GudgeonGobio gobio15 siteslatest 2 Jun 2025
  4. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus13 siteslatest 3 Jun 2024
  5. PerchPerca fluviatilis12 siteslatest 3 Jun 2024
  6. European eelAnguilla anguilla11 siteslatest 18 Apr 2023
  7. Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta9 siteslatest 2 Jun 2025
  8. PikeEsox lucius8 siteslatest 3 Jun 2024
  9. Pike varietiesEsox lucius8 siteslatest 26 Sept 2019
  10. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus7 siteslatest 10 Oct 2023
  11. MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus7 siteslatest 3 Jun 2024
  12. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla5 siteslatest 16 May 2018
  13. BleakAlburnus alburnus3 siteslatest 3 Jun 2024
  14. BullheadCottus gobio3 siteslatest 3 Jun 2024
  15. GraylingThymallus thymallus3 siteslatest 8 Dec 2017
  16. RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus3 siteslatest 3 Jun 2024
  17. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula3 siteslatest 10 Oct 2023
  18. Common breamAbramis brama2 siteslatest 3 Jun 2024
  19. Lamprey sp. ammocoetesPetromyzontidae2 siteslatest 17 May 2018
  20. Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss2 siteslatest 21 Apr 2009
  21. RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus2 siteslatest 26 Sept 2019
  22. Atlantic salmonSalmo salar1 sitelatest 16 May 2018
  23. BarbelBarbus barbus1 sitelatest 5 May 2009
  24. Brook lampreyLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 10 Oct 2023
  25. Lampetra sp.Lampetra1 sitelatest 25 Sept 2018
  26. Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae1 sitelatest 30 Apr 2014
  27. Lamprey sp. > ammocoetePetromyzontidae1 sitelatest 17 May 2022

Surveyed sites on this water

17 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