South Holland Main Drain
- EA ecology area
- Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire
- Waterbody IDs
- GB105031050680 · GB105032050400
- Catchments
- Fens
South Holland Main Drain fishing evidence · Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire
What fish are in the South Holland Main Drain?
Monitoring has recorded 23 species across 18 surveyed sites on this water, between 1986 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.
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.
18 sites · 93 events
23 positive taxa aggregates are shown. More survey coverage is not a fishing-quality verdict.
Latest 3 Apr 2025
- Within 2 years
- 4 sites
- 3–5 years
- 0 sites
- 6–10 years
- 0 sites
- Older
- 14 sites
Permission is not established
Survey evidence carries no access boundary, permit, opening status, catch forecast or live safety signal. Resolve each before travelling.
Search current river conditions & alerts → Compare this evidence with another river → England coarse close season →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 rutilus18 siteslatest 3 Apr 2025
- PikeEsox lucius16 siteslatest 1 Apr 2025
- GudgeonGobio gobio15 siteslatest 1 Apr 2025
- Common breamAbramis brama14 siteslatest 3 Apr 2025
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla14 siteslatest 1 Apr 2025
- PerchPerca fluviatilis14 siteslatest 3 Apr 2025
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama14 siteslatest 1 Apr 2025
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus14 siteslatest 2 Apr 2025
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus13 siteslatest 2 Apr 2025
- TenchTinca tinca11 siteslatest 1 Apr 2025
- Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna10 siteslatest 8 Jun 2012
- Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio9 siteslatest 3 Apr 2025
- BleakAlburnus alburnus7 siteslatest 4 Jun 1997
- FlounderPlatichthys flesus6 siteslatest 28 Apr 2016
- Mirror carpCyprinus carpio6 siteslatest 28 Apr 2016
- 10-spined sticklebackPungitius pungitius3 siteslatest 4 Apr 2011
- Common carp varietiesCyprinus carpio3 siteslatest 20 Apr 2016
- Roach x rudd hybridRutilus rutilus x Scardinius erythrophthalmus2 siteslatest 12 May 2008
- Spined loachCobitis taenia2 siteslatest 19 Apr 2016
- Common bream x silver bream hybridAbramis brama x Abramis bjoerkna1 sitelatest 26 Apr 2007
- Common gobyPomatoschistus microps1 sitelatest 29 Sept 1997
- Rudd x common bream hybridScardinius erythrophthalmus x Abramis brama1 sitelatest 2 Apr 2025
- SpratSprattus sprattus1 sitelatest 29 Sept 1997
Surveyed sites on this water
18 shown, newest survey first
Foremans Bridge
- Survey events
- 12
- Observed taxa
- 15
- Latest survey
- 3 Apr 2025
Cliftons Bridge
- Survey events
- 15
- Observed taxa
- 17
- Latest survey
- 2 Apr 2025
Coy Sluice
- Survey events
- 14
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 1 Apr 2025
Shell Bridge
- Survey events
- 11
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 26 Mar 2025
U/S Wisemans Pumping Station
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 15
- Latest survey
- 19 Apr 2016
Red House Bridge
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 7 Apr 2011
Leedsgate Bridge
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 5 Apr 2011
Peak Hill
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 1 Apr 2011
Little Holland - Middle Site
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 27 Mar 2006
Donnington Pumping Station?
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 6 Mar 2006
Red House Farm
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 6 Mar 2006
Sharps Bridge (South Holland Drain)
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 20 Jun 2001
D/S Coy Sluice
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 13 Jun 2001
Holland Lodge Farm
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 29 Sept 1997
U/S Coy Sluice
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 4 Jun 1997
Holland House
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 1 Jul 1991
A1101 Bridge
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 17 Jun 1991
Bells Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 12 Jan 1988
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