Wessex · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Washford River?
Monitoring has recorded 17 species across 7 surveyed sites on this water, between 1992 and 2017. 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.
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta7 siteslatest 21 Jun 2017
- BullheadCottus gobio7 siteslatest 21 Jun 2017
- European eelAnguilla anguilla5 siteslatest 3 May 2007
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla5 siteslatest 21 Jun 2017
- Brook lampreyLampetra planeri4 siteslatest 3 Jun 2009
- Lamprey sp. ammocoetesPetromyzontidae4 siteslatest 21 Jun 2017
- Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss4 siteslatest 7 May 2014
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus3 siteslatest 21 Jun 2017
- European elversAnguilla anguilla3 siteslatest 30 Apr 2014
- Lamprey sp. > ammocoetePetromyzontidae3 siteslatest 7 May 2014
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus3 siteslatest 7 May 2014
- Atlantic salmonSalmo salar2 siteslatest 30 Apr 2014
- Brook lamprey ammocoetesLampetra planeri2 siteslatest 26 May 2011
- European glass eelsAnguilla anguilla2 siteslatest 7 May 2014
- Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae2 siteslatest 3 May 2007
- Brook lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 20 May 2009
- RoachRutilus rutilus1 sitelatest 7 May 2014
Surveyed sites on this water
7 shown, newest survey first
Druid's Combe
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 21 Jun 2017
Luxborough
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 21 Jun 2017
Kentsford Farm
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 7 May 2014
Lowood Farm (Se-05)
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 7 May 2014
Watchet, Werren Close
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 30 Apr 2014
Wansborough Paper Mill
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 28 Sept 2011
Lower Washford
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 17 Sept 1992
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