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Wessex · Environment Agency surveys

What fish are in the Upper River Axe (Wessex)?

Monitoring has recorded 6 species across 4 surveyed sites on this water, between 1991 and 2005. 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. European eelAnguilla anguilla4 siteslatest 12 Apr 2005
  2. BullheadCottus gobio3 siteslatest 11 Jul 1991
  3. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus2 siteslatest 5 Jul 1991
  4. Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta2 siteslatest 12 Apr 2005
  5. GudgeonGobio gobio2 siteslatest 5 Jul 1991
  6. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula2 siteslatest 5 Jul 1991

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
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