Wessex · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Sowy River?
Monitoring has recorded 18 species across 4 surveyed sites on this water, between 2005 and 2017. 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.
- PerchPerca fluviatilis4 siteslatest 29 Jun 2017
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus4 siteslatest 9 Jul 2014
- Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna4 siteslatest 8 Jul 2014
- PikeEsox lucius3 siteslatest 29 Jun 2017
- RoachRutilus rutilus3 siteslatest 29 Jun 2017
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus2 siteslatest 14 Jul 2011
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus2 siteslatest 29 Jun 2017
- Common breamAbramis brama2 siteslatest 8 Jul 2014
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla2 siteslatest 29 Jun 2017
- GudgeonGobio gobio2 siteslatest 9 Jul 2014
- Motherless minnow / SunbleakLeucaspius delineatus2 siteslatest 29 Jun 2017
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus2 siteslatest 14 Jul 2011
- TenchTinca tinca2 siteslatest 14 Jul 2011
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus1 sitelatest 8 Jul 2014
- European eelAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 6 Oct 2005
- European elversAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 6 Jul 2011
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama1 sitelatest 8 Jul 2014
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula1 sitelatest 23 Jun 2010
Surveyed sites on this water
4 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