South Forty Foot Drain
- EA ecology area
- Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire
- Waterbody IDs
- GB105030051510 · GB105030056500 · GB105030056620 · GB105030056640
- Catchments
- Witham Catchment
South Forty Foot Drain fishing evidence · Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire
What fish are in the South Forty Foot Drain?
Monitoring has recorded 25 species across 13 surveyed sites on this water, between 1987 and 2019. 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.
13 sites · 95 events
25 positive taxa aggregates are shown. More survey coverage is not a fishing-quality verdict.
Latest 24 Apr 2019
- Within 2 years
- 0 sites
- 3–5 years
- 0 sites
- 6–10 years
- 2 sites
- Older
- 11 sites
Permission is not established
Survey evidence carries no access boundary, permit, opening status, catch forecast or live safety signal. Resolve each before travelling.
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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.
- PerchPerca fluviatilis13 siteslatest 24 Apr 2019
- RoachRutilus rutilus13 siteslatest 24 Apr 2019
- Common breamAbramis brama12 siteslatest 24 May 2016
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus12 siteslatest 9 Sept 2010
- PikeEsox lucius12 siteslatest 23 Apr 2019
- Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna12 siteslatest 23 May 2013
- BleakAlburnus alburnus11 siteslatest 6 Aug 2007
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla11 siteslatest 24 May 2016
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama10 siteslatest 24 May 2016
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus10 siteslatest 11 May 2016
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus10 siteslatest 24 May 2016
- TenchTinca tinca10 siteslatest 24 Apr 2019
- GudgeonGobio gobio9 siteslatest 24 Aug 2005
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula9 siteslatest 22 Sept 2009
- FlounderPlatichthys flesus7 siteslatest 18 Sept 2012
- Spined loachCobitis taenia7 siteslatest 24 Apr 2019
- SpratSprattus sprattus6 siteslatest 9 Sept 2010
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus5 siteslatest 23 Apr 2019
- European eelAnguilla anguilla4 siteslatest 10 Sept 2007
- Roach x silver bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis bjoerkna4 siteslatest 23 May 2013
- 10-spined sticklebackPungitius pungitius1 sitelatest 22 Sept 2009
- Common bream x silver bream hybridAbramis brama x Abramis bjoerkna1 sitelatest 22 Jul 1987
- Mirror carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 11 May 2016
- Roach x rudd hybridRutilus rutilus x Scardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 16 Sept 2009
- Rudd x common bream hybridScardinius erythrophthalmus x Abramis brama1 sitelatest 13 Sept 2004
Surveyed sites on this water
13 shown, newest survey first
Neslam Bridge
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 24 Apr 2019
Donington Bridge
- Survey events
- 14
- Observed taxa
- 18
- Latest survey
- 23 Apr 2019
Swineshead Bridge D/S
- Survey events
- 15
- Observed taxa
- 20
- Latest survey
- 24 May 2016
Side Scan validiation netting
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 23 May 2013
Wyberton Bridge U/S
- Survey events
- 14
- Observed taxa
- 20
- Latest survey
- 20 Sept 2012
Hubberts Bridge R/B U/S
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 17
- Latest survey
- 19 Sept 2012
Bicker Fen
- Survey events
- 12
- Observed taxa
- 19
- Latest survey
- 13 Sept 2012
Dowsby Road
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 5 Sept 2006
Fortyfoot Farm
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 18 Jun 2002
U/S Rod Rest
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 15
- Latest survey
- 26 Jul 1999
Swineshead Bridge
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 21 Jul 1999
College Farm
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 9 Jul 1999
D/S AWA Wyberton Labortory
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 16 Aug 1995
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