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Roding fishing evidence · Hertfordshire and North London

What fish are in the Roding?

Monitoring has recorded 35 species across 30 surveyed sites on this water, between 1990 and 2026. 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.

River evidence passport

Four signals, kept deliberately separate.

The passport shows identity, survey breadth, evidence freshness and trip constraints without turning unlike facts into an opaque “best river” score.

01 · Identity

Roding

EA ecology area
Hertfordshire and North London
Waterbody IDs
GB106037028140 · GB106037028170 · GB106037028180 · GB106037033500
Catchments
Roding
02 · Survey breadth

30 sites · 163 events

35 positive taxa aggregates are shown. More survey coverage is not a fishing-quality verdict.

03 · Freshness by site

Latest 23 Apr 2026

Within 2 years
5 sites
3–5 years
6 sites
6–10 years
1 sites
Older
18 sites

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. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus25 siteslatest 30 Sept 2025
  2. RoachRutilus rutilus25 siteslatest 23 Apr 2026
  3. ChubLeuciscus cephalus21 siteslatest 23 Apr 2026
  4. European eelAnguilla anguilla21 siteslatest 3 Nov 2021
  5. GudgeonGobio gobio20 siteslatest 23 Apr 2026
  6. MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus20 siteslatest 23 Apr 2026
  7. BullheadCottus gobio19 siteslatest 23 Apr 2026
  8. PikeEsox lucius19 siteslatest 23 Apr 2026
  9. PerchPerca fluviatilis18 siteslatest 8 Aug 2024
  10. Pike varietiesEsox lucius17 siteslatest 15 Aug 2024
  11. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula17 siteslatest 23 Apr 2026
  12. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus14 siteslatest 23 Apr 2026
  13. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla12 siteslatest 23 Apr 2026
  14. 10-spined sticklebackPungitius pungitius6 siteslatest 10 Sept 2021
  15. Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta5 siteslatest 30 Sept 2025
  16. FlounderPlatichthys flesus5 siteslatest 23 Jul 2024
  17. TenchTinca tinca4 siteslatest 11 Apr 2019
  18. Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio3 siteslatest 11 Apr 2019
  19. Common breamAbramis brama3 siteslatest 20 Sept 2002
  20. European elversAnguilla anguilla3 siteslatest 8 Aug 2018
  21. RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus3 siteslatest 23 Aug 2018
  22. Tench varietiesTinca tinca3 siteslatest 24 May 1992
  23. Mirror carpCyprinus carpio2 siteslatest 11 Apr 2019
  24. Rudd varietiesScardinius erythrophthalmus2 siteslatest 22 Jun 2010
  25. BarbelBarbus barbus1 sitelatest 23 Nov 2004
  26. BleakAlburnus alburnus1 sitelatest 15 Aug 2023
  27. Common carp varietiesCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 23 Jul 2024
  28. European glass eelsAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 13 Sept 2006
  29. Feral [brown] goldfishCarassius auratus1 sitelatest 10 Sept 2021
  30. Goby sp.Gobiidae1 sitelatest 30 Jul 1993
  31. Right sided flatfish sp.Pleuronectidae1 sitelatest 14 Jul 2009
  32. Sea bassDicentrarchus labrax1 sitelatest 30 Jul 1993
  33. SmeltOsmerus eperlanus1 sitelatest 30 Jul 1993
  34. SpratSprattus sprattus1 sitelatest 30 Jul 1993
  35. Thick lipped grey mulletChelon labrosus1 sitelatest 30 Jul 1993

Surveyed sites on this water

30 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
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