Yorkshire · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the River Washburn?
Monitoring has recorded 19 species across 5 surveyed sites on this water, between 1996 and 2015. 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 trutta5 siteslatest 17 Sept 2014
- PerchPerca fluviatilis4 siteslatest 26 Aug 2014
- Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss4 siteslatest 18 Sept 2008
- BullheadCottus gobio3 siteslatest 17 Sept 2014
- GudgeonGobio gobio3 siteslatest 18 Sept 2008
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus3 siteslatest 17 Sept 2014
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula3 siteslatest 17 Sept 2014
- Atlantic salmonSalmo salar2 siteslatest 28 Sept 2009
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus2 siteslatest 14 Aug 2003
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus2 siteslatest 13 Sept 2007
- GraylingThymallus thymallus2 siteslatest 18 Sept 2008
- RoachRutilus rutilus2 siteslatest 13 Sept 2007
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus1 sitelatest 26 Aug 2014
- Brook lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 21 Sept 2010
- Brown / sea trout x rainbow trout hybridSalmo trutta x Oncorhynchus mykiss1 sitelatest 27 Sept 1996
- European eelAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 18 Sept 2008
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 1 Sept 2011
- Lampetra sp. > ammocoeteLampetra1 sitelatest 17 Sept 2014
- Lampetra sp. ammocoetesLampetra1 sitelatest 17 Sept 2014
Surveyed sites on this water
5 shown, newest survey first
D/S Thruscross Reservoir
- Survey events
- 11
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 8 Oct 2015
U/S Leathley Bridge (YW HMWB site 8)
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 27 Aug 2015
U/S of Fewston Reservoir
- Survey events
- 10
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 17 Sept 2014
D/s of Swinsty Reservoir
- Survey events
- 10
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 26 Aug 2014
Leathley Bridge
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 28 Sept 2009
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