Hertfordshire and North London · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Ver?
Monitoring has recorded 15 species across 11 surveyed sites on this water, between 1995 and 2016. 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 20 Oct 2016
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta8 siteslatest 11 Nov 2016
- BullheadCottus gobio6 siteslatest 26 Oct 2016
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus6 siteslatest 26 Oct 2016
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus4 siteslatest 20 Oct 2016
- GudgeonGobio gobio4 siteslatest 11 Nov 2016
- RoachRutilus rutilus4 siteslatest 11 Nov 2016
- PerchPerca fluviatilis3 siteslatest 11 Nov 2016
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula3 siteslatest 13 Jul 2006
- 10-spined sticklebackPungitius pungitius2 siteslatest 13 Jul 2006
- BarbelBarbus barbus1 sitelatest 6 May 2004
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus1 sitelatest 7 Jun 2006
- Feral [brown] goldfishCarassius auratus1 sitelatest 20 Oct 2016
- PikeEsox lucius1 sitelatest 11 Nov 2016
- Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss1 sitelatest 20 May 2004
Surveyed sites on this water
11 shown, newest survey first
Moor Mill
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 11 Nov 2016
Shafford Mill
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 26 Oct 2016
Verulam Golf Course
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 20 Oct 2016
Gorehambury Mill
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 15 Apr 2014
Redbourne
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 16 Oct 2013
D/S Sopwell mill
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 13 Jul 2006
Redbournbury fishery
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 9 Jun 2006
Shafford mill u/s
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 8 Jun 2006
Drop lane (ver)
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 7 Jun 2006
D/S Luton Lane
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 19 May 2004
D/S Redbournbury Mill
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 31 Oct 1996
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