Wantsum
- EA ecology area
- Kent, South London and East Sussex
- Waterbody IDs
- GB107040019770
- Catchments
- Wantsum
Wantsum fishing evidence · Kent, South London and East Sussex
What fish are in the Wantsum?
Monitoring has recorded 26 species across 3 surveyed sites on this water, between 2002 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.
River evidence passport
Four signals, kept deliberately separate.
The passport shows identity, survey breadth, evidence freshness and trip constraints without turning unlike facts into an opaque “best river” score.
3 sites · 18 events
26 positive taxa aggregates are shown. More survey coverage is not a fishing-quality verdict.
Latest 30 Apr 2026
- Within 2 years
- 1 sites
- 3–5 years
- 0 sites
- 6–10 years
- 0 sites
- Older
- 2 sites
Permission is not established
Survey evidence carries no access boundary, permit, opening status, catch forecast or live safety signal. Resolve each before travelling.
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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.
- Common breamAbramis brama3 siteslatest 30 Apr 2026
- RoachRutilus rutilus3 siteslatest 30 Apr 2026
- Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio2 siteslatest 12 May 2011
- European eelAnguilla anguilla2 siteslatest 3 Aug 2004
- FlounderPlatichthys flesus2 siteslatest 14 Jul 2015
- GudgeonGobio gobio2 siteslatest 21 Sept 2006
- PerchPerca fluviatilis2 siteslatest 30 Apr 2026
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama2 siteslatest 14 Jul 2015
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus2 siteslatest 30 Apr 2026
- Rudd varietiesScardinius erythrophthalmus2 siteslatest 22 Sept 2006
- TenchTinca tinca2 siteslatest 30 Apr 2026
- BleakAlburnus alburnus1 sitelatest 30 Apr 2026
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta1 sitelatest 14 Jul 2015
- Common carp varietiesCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 30 Apr 2026
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 30 Apr 2026
- Golden ruddScardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 19 May 2011
- Motherless minnow / SunbleakLeucaspius delineatus1 sitelatest 21 Jul 2015
- PikeEsox lucius1 sitelatest 30 Apr 2026
- Pike varietiesEsox lucius1 sitelatest 22 Sept 2006
- PlaicePleuronectes platessa1 sitelatest 12 Jul 2005
- Roach x chub hybridRutilus rutilus x Leuciscus cephalus1 sitelatest 12 May 2011
- Roach x rudd hybridRutilus rutilus x Scardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 30 Oct 2003
- Sea bassDicentrarchus labrax1 sitelatest 12 Jul 2005
- Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna1 sitelatest 14 Jul 2015
- Tench varietiesTinca tinca1 sitelatest 22 Sept 2006
- Thick lipped grey mulletChelon labrosus1 sitelatest 27 Jul 2004
Surveyed sites on this water
3 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