East Anglia · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Shep?
Monitoring has recorded 14 species across 6 surveyed sites on this water, between 2001 and 2025. 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.
- BullheadCottus gobio6 siteslatest 5 Jun 2013
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta5 siteslatest 28 May 2025
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus4 siteslatest 5 Jun 2013
- PerchPerca fluviatilis2 siteslatest 5 Jun 2013
- PikeEsox lucius2 siteslatest 28 May 2025
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula2 siteslatest 28 May 2025
- 10-spined sticklebackPungitius pungitius1 sitelatest 10 Oct 2008
- Brook lampreyLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 10 Oct 2008
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus1 sitelatest 10 Oct 2008
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus1 sitelatest 10 Oct 2008
- European eelAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 10 Oct 2008
- GudgeonGobio gobio1 sitelatest 10 Oct 2008
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus1 sitelatest 10 Oct 2008
- RoachRutilus rutilus1 sitelatest 10 Oct 2008
Surveyed sites on this water
6 shown, newest survey first
Manor Farm Shepreth
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 28 May 2025
Fowlmere Cress Shed
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 14 Oct 2010
Fowlmere Footbridge
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 14 Oct 2010
Mill Farm Fowlmere
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 14 Oct 2010
Rhee Confluence
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 10 Oct 2008
DS Fowlmere Cress Shed
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 19 Mar 2001
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