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East Anglia · Environment Agency surveys

What fish are in the Tidal Yare?

Monitoring has recorded 20 species across 32 surveyed sites on this water, between 1986 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.

  1. FlounderPlatichthys flesus29 siteslatest 19 Mar 2010
  2. RoachRutilus rutilus29 siteslatest 29 Jan 2026
  3. RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus21 siteslatest 28 Jan 2026
  4. Common breamAbramis brama20 siteslatest 29 Jan 2026
  5. Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama18 siteslatest 29 Jan 2026
  6. PerchPerca fluviatilis17 siteslatest 29 Jan 2026
  7. PikeEsox lucius13 siteslatest 29 Jan 2026
  8. SmeltOsmerus eperlanus12 siteslatest 2 Sept 1997
  9. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla8 siteslatest 29 Jan 2026
  10. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus7 siteslatest 6 Mar 2019
  11. Common gobyPomatoschistus microps4 siteslatest 11 Dec 1991
  12. TenchTinca tinca4 siteslatest 23 Jan 2025
  13. RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus3 siteslatest 29 Jan 2026
  14. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus2 siteslatest 17 Nov 1994
  15. ChubLeuciscus cephalus1 sitelatest 20 Jan 2012
  16. Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 19 Nov 1986
  17. GudgeonGobio gobio1 sitelatest 1 Feb 2011
  18. Sea bassDicentrarchus labrax1 sitelatest 30 Oct 1991
  19. Thin lipped grey mulletLiza ramada1 sitelatest 4 Jan 2024
  20. Viviparous blennyZoarces viviparus1 sitelatest 1 Oct 1987

Surveyed sites on this water

32 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