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East Anglia · Environment Agency surveys

What fish are in the Swaffham Bulbeck Lode?

Monitoring has recorded 19 species across 4 surveyed sites on this water, between 1984 and 1998. 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.

  1. Common breamAbramis brama4 siteslatest 28 Apr 1998
  2. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus4 siteslatest 23 Apr 1998
  3. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla4 siteslatest 28 Apr 1998
  4. GudgeonGobio gobio4 siteslatest 23 Apr 1993
  5. PerchPerca fluviatilis4 siteslatest 28 Apr 1998
  6. PikeEsox lucius4 siteslatest 28 Apr 1998
  7. RoachRutilus rutilus4 siteslatest 28 Apr 1998
  8. Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama4 siteslatest 28 Apr 1998
  9. BitterlingRhodeus sericeus3 siteslatest 23 Apr 1993
  10. Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna3 siteslatest 15 Nov 1991
  11. TenchTinca tinca3 siteslatest 14 Apr 1993
  12. ChubLeuciscus cephalus2 siteslatest 13 Apr 1993
  13. RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus2 siteslatest 23 Apr 1993
  14. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus1 sitelatest 19 Sept 1984
  15. Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta1 sitelatest 19 Sept 1984
  16. BullheadCottus gobio1 sitelatest 27 May 1997
  17. Roach x rudd hybridRutilus rutilus x Scardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 23 Apr 1993
  18. Spined loachCobitis taenia1 sitelatest 19 Sept 1984
  19. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula1 sitelatest 23 Apr 1998

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