East Anglia · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Soham Lode?
Monitoring has recorded 23 species across 5 surveyed sites on this water, between 1984 and 2014. 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.
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus5 siteslatest 22 May 2014
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus5 siteslatest 22 May 2014
- PikeEsox lucius5 siteslatest 22 May 2014
- RoachRutilus rutilus5 siteslatest 22 May 2014
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus4 siteslatest 1 Mar 2013
- Common breamAbramis brama4 siteslatest 22 May 2014
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla4 siteslatest 22 May 2014
- GudgeonGobio gobio4 siteslatest 22 May 2014
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus4 siteslatest 22 May 2014
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula4 siteslatest 22 May 2014
- BitterlingRhodeus sericeus3 siteslatest 22 May 2014
- BullheadCottus gobio3 siteslatest 22 May 2014
- PerchPerca fluviatilis3 siteslatest 22 May 2014
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus3 siteslatest 22 May 2014
- Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna3 siteslatest 22 May 2014
- TenchTinca tinca3 siteslatest 22 May 2014
- BleakAlburnus alburnus2 siteslatest 22 May 2014
- Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio2 siteslatest 11 Sept 1990
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama2 siteslatest 22 May 2014
- Spined loachCobitis taenia2 siteslatest 22 May 2014
- Crucian carpCarassius carassius1 sitelatest 19 Sept 1990
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus1 sitelatest 27 Jun 2013
- Mirror carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 28 Apr 1993
Surveyed sites on this water
5 shown, newest survey first
Barway
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 20
- Latest survey
- 22 May 2014
Soham Cotes
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 20
- Latest survey
- 20 May 2014
Soham Lode Pumping Station
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 1 Mar 2013
Moor Farm Fordham
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 1 Feb 2008
East Fen Common
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 24 Jun 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