Greater Manchester Merseyside and Cheshire · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the River Wheelock?
Monitoring has recorded 19 species across 11 surveyed sites on this water, between 1994 and 2024. 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.
- GudgeonGobio gobio10 siteslatest 20 Aug 2024
- RoachRutilus rutilus10 siteslatest 20 Aug 2024
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus9 siteslatest 20 Aug 2024
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus7 siteslatest 20 Aug 2024
- BullheadCottus gobio6 siteslatest 20 Aug 2024
- European eelAnguilla anguilla6 siteslatest 21 Jul 2005
- PerchPerca fluviatilis6 siteslatest 20 Aug 2024
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus5 siteslatest 23 Aug 2005
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula4 siteslatest 23 May 2014
- BitterlingRhodeus sericeus3 siteslatest 5 Jul 2006
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla3 siteslatest 5 Jul 2006
- Common breamAbramis brama2 siteslatest 14 Jun 2004
- BarbelBarbus barbus1 sitelatest 20 Aug 2002
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta1 sitelatest 21 Jul 1997
- European elversAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 14 Jul 2005
- Goby sp.Gobiidae1 sitelatest 30 Sept 1994
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus1 sitelatest 28 Jun 2006
- PikeEsox lucius1 sitelatest 28 Jun 2006
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama1 sitelatest 27 Jul 2001
Surveyed sites on this water
11 shown, newest survey first
DAWH06
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 20 Aug 2024
DAWH10
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 23 May 2014
DAWH20
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 23 May 2014
DAWH15
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 5 Jul 2006
DAWH25
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 28 Jun 2006
DAWH05
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 27 Jul 2001
WH04
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 30 Sept 1997
WH01
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 21 Jul 1997
WH02
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 21 Jul 1997
WH03
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 21 Jul 1997
WH05
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 21 Jul 1997
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