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East Anglia · Environment Agency surveys

What fish are in the Sapiston (Black Bourn)?

Monitoring has recorded 26 species across 12 surveyed sites on this water, between 1988 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.

  1. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus12 siteslatest 22 Aug 2024
  2. ChubLeuciscus cephalus11 siteslatest 8 Nov 2018
  3. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla11 siteslatest 5 Sept 2012
  4. GudgeonGobio gobio11 siteslatest 22 Aug 2024
  5. PikeEsox lucius11 siteslatest 28 Aug 2024
  6. RoachRutilus rutilus11 siteslatest 21 Aug 2024
  7. BullheadCottus gobio10 siteslatest 28 Aug 2024
  8. MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus10 siteslatest 28 Aug 2024
  9. PerchPerca fluviatilis9 siteslatest 8 Nov 2018
  10. RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus9 siteslatest 7 Sept 2012
  11. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus8 siteslatest 22 Aug 2024
  12. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula8 siteslatest 28 Aug 2024
  13. Common breamAbramis brama7 siteslatest 5 Nov 2018
  14. TenchTinca tinca7 siteslatest 26 Aug 2009
  15. Spined loachCobitis taenia6 siteslatest 7 Sept 2012
  16. Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama3 siteslatest 30 Oct 1995
  17. 10-spined sticklebackPungitius pungitius2 siteslatest 15 Aug 2012
  18. Brook lampreyLampetra planeri2 siteslatest 18 Oct 1995
  19. Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta2 siteslatest 8 Nov 2018
  20. Crucian carpCarassius carassius2 siteslatest 22 May 1992
  21. Roach x rudd hybridRutilus rutilus x Scardinius erythrophthalmus2 siteslatest 17 Oct 1995
  22. RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus2 siteslatest 5 Sept 2012
  23. Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 11 Jul 1988
  24. European eelAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 17 Aug 2009
  25. Mirror carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 11 Jul 1988
  26. Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna1 sitelatest 23 Oct 1995

Surveyed sites on this water

12 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