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Kent, South London and East Sussex · Environment Agency surveys

What fish are in the Wandle?

Monitoring has recorded 28 species across 21 surveyed sites on this water, between 1988 and 2025. 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. ChubLeuciscus cephalus14 siteslatest 7 Oct 2025
  2. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus14 siteslatest 7 Oct 2025
  3. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla14 siteslatest 1 Jul 2021
  4. RoachRutilus rutilus14 siteslatest 8 Oct 2025
  5. Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta12 siteslatest 8 Oct 2025
  6. BarbelBarbus barbus11 siteslatest 7 Oct 2025
  7. European eelAnguilla anguilla10 siteslatest 8 Oct 2025
  8. GudgeonGobio gobio10 siteslatest 8 Oct 2025
  9. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula10 siteslatest 8 Oct 2025
  10. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus8 siteslatest 8 Oct 2025
  11. Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio8 siteslatest 26 Jun 2019
  12. MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus7 siteslatest 7 Oct 2025
  13. PerchPerca fluviatilis7 siteslatest 13 Jul 2017
  14. BullheadCottus gobio5 siteslatest 8 Oct 2025
  15. Golden goldfishCarassius auratus4 siteslatest 28 Jun 2017
  16. Mirror carpCyprinus carpio4 siteslatest 26 Jun 2019
  17. European elversAnguilla anguilla3 siteslatest 11 Jun 2013
  18. Feral [brown] goldfishCarassius auratus3 siteslatest 1 Jul 2015
  19. Goldfish varietiesCarassius auratus3 siteslatest 2 Oct 2025
  20. TenchTinca tinca3 siteslatest 7 Jun 2011
  21. Common carp varietiesCyprinus carpio2 siteslatest 1 Oct 2025
  22. RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus2 siteslatest 22 Jul 1988
  23. 10-spined sticklebackPungitius pungitius1 sitelatest 30 May 2007
  24. FlounderPlatichthys flesus1 sitelatest 6 Jun 2013
  25. Koi carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 26 Jun 2019
  26. Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama1 sitelatest 1 Jul 2015
  27. Roach x dace hybridRutilus rutilus x Leuciscus leuciscus1 sitelatest 18 Jul 2017
  28. RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 17 Jul 1997

Surveyed sites on this water

21 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