East Anglia · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Stiffkey?
Monitoring has recorded 20 species across 8 surveyed sites on this water, between 1988 and 2026. 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.
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus8 siteslatest 1 May 2026
- Brook lampreyLampetra planeri8 siteslatest 11 May 2011
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta8 siteslatest 1 May 2026
- BullheadCottus gobio8 siteslatest 1 May 2026
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla8 siteslatest 1 May 2026
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula8 siteslatest 1 May 2026
- GudgeonGobio gobio7 siteslatest 19 Jul 2023
- Brook lamprey ammocoetesLampetra planeri6 siteslatest 1 May 2026
- Brook lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra planeri5 siteslatest 22 Apr 2026
- European elversAnguilla anguilla5 siteslatest 1 May 2026
- Lamprey sp. ammocoetesPetromyzontidae5 siteslatest 10 Jun 2008
- FlounderPlatichthys flesus4 siteslatest 1 May 2026
- 10-spined sticklebackPungitius pungitius3 siteslatest 21 Jun 2023
- European eelAnguilla anguilla3 siteslatest 11 May 2011
- Lamprey sp. > ammocoetePetromyzontidae3 siteslatest 19 Jun 2008
- River lampreyLampetra fluviatilis2 siteslatest 14 Apr 1988
- River lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra fluviatilis2 siteslatest 23 Apr 2014
- Lampetra sp. > ammocoeteLampetra1 sitelatest 9 Apr 2014
- Lampetra sp. ammocoetesLampetra1 sitelatest 24 Apr 2014
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 17 Oct 2009
Surveyed sites on this water
8 shown, newest survey first
U/S Home Farm
- Survey events
- 12
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 1 May 2026
D/S Wighton Bridge
- Survey events
- 12
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 30 Apr 2026
East Barsham
- Survey events
- 11
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 23 Apr 2026
Warham
- Survey events
- 12
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 22 Apr 2026
U/S Little Walsingham
- Survey events
- 11
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 10 Apr 2026
Great Walsingham
- Survey events
- 13
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 8 Apr 2026
Great Snoring
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 11 Apr 2000
Cockthorpe Common
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 6 Apr 2000
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