Greater Manchester Merseyside and Cheshire · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Sankey Brook?
Monitoring has recorded 13 species across 6 surveyed sites on this water, between 2000 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.
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.
- RoachRutilus rutilus6 siteslatest 14 May 2026
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus4 siteslatest 14 May 2026
- European eelAnguilla anguilla4 siteslatest 25 May 2023
- GudgeonGobio gobio4 siteslatest 25 May 2023
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus3 siteslatest 25 May 2023
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus3 siteslatest 25 May 2023
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla3 siteslatest 14 May 2026
- PerchPerca fluviatilis3 siteslatest 13 May 2026
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula3 siteslatest 14 May 2026
- Brook lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 25 May 2023
- BullheadCottus gobio1 sitelatest 13 May 2026
- FlounderPlatichthys flesus1 sitelatest 25 May 2023
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 25 Jul 2000
Surveyed sites on this water
6 shown, newest survey first
SASA03
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 14 May 2026
SABL05
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 13 May 2026
SASA10
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 25 May 2023
SASA05
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 25 Apr 2023
SABL06
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 9 Oct 2013
SA04(a)
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 25 Jul 2000
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