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Kent, South London and East Sussex · Environment Agency surveys

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.

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. Common breamAbramis brama3 siteslatest 30 Apr 2026
  2. RoachRutilus rutilus3 siteslatest 30 Apr 2026
  3. Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio2 siteslatest 12 May 2011
  4. European eelAnguilla anguilla2 siteslatest 3 Aug 2004
  5. FlounderPlatichthys flesus2 siteslatest 14 Jul 2015
  6. GudgeonGobio gobio2 siteslatest 21 Sept 2006
  7. PerchPerca fluviatilis2 siteslatest 30 Apr 2026
  8. Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama2 siteslatest 14 Jul 2015
  9. RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus2 siteslatest 30 Apr 2026
  10. Rudd varietiesScardinius erythrophthalmus2 siteslatest 22 Sept 2006
  11. TenchTinca tinca2 siteslatest 30 Apr 2026
  12. BleakAlburnus alburnus1 sitelatest 30 Apr 2026
  13. Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta1 sitelatest 14 Jul 2015
  14. Common carp varietiesCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 30 Apr 2026
  15. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 30 Apr 2026
  16. Golden ruddScardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 19 May 2011
  17. Motherless minnow / SunbleakLeucaspius delineatus1 sitelatest 21 Jul 2015
  18. PikeEsox lucius1 sitelatest 30 Apr 2026
  19. Pike varietiesEsox lucius1 sitelatest 22 Sept 2006
  20. PlaicePleuronectes platessa1 sitelatest 12 Jul 2005
  21. Roach x chub hybridRutilus rutilus x Leuciscus cephalus1 sitelatest 12 May 2011
  22. Roach x rudd hybridRutilus rutilus x Scardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 30 Oct 2003
  23. Sea bassDicentrarchus labrax1 sitelatest 12 Jul 2005
  24. Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna1 sitelatest 14 Jul 2015
  25. Tench varietiesTinca tinca1 sitelatest 22 Sept 2006
  26. 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
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