East Anglia · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Waveney (central)?
Monitoring has recorded 29 species across 20 surveyed sites on this water, between 1989 and 2023. 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.
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla20 siteslatest 15 Sept 2023
- PerchPerca fluviatilis20 siteslatest 25 Sept 2023
- PikeEsox lucius20 siteslatest 25 Sept 2023
- RoachRutilus rutilus20 siteslatest 25 Sept 2023
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula19 siteslatest 15 Sept 2023
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus17 siteslatest 15 Sept 2023
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus17 siteslatest 25 Sept 2023
- GudgeonGobio gobio17 siteslatest 14 Sept 2023
- TenchTinca tinca16 siteslatest 25 Sept 2023
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus12 siteslatest 25 Sept 2023
- BullheadCottus gobio10 siteslatest 11 Sept 2023
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus10 siteslatest 9 Jul 2014
- Common breamAbramis brama8 siteslatest 15 Sept 2023
- European eelAnguilla anguilla8 siteslatest 7 Aug 2008
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus6 siteslatest 25 Sept 2023
- 10-spined sticklebackPungitius pungitius4 siteslatest 25 Sept 2023
- Mirror carpCyprinus carpio4 siteslatest 26 Jun 2003
- Chub x dace hybridLeuciscus cephalus x Leuciscus leuciscus2 siteslatest 21 Jun 2007
- Lamprey sp. > ammocoetePetromyzontidae2 siteslatest 4 Sept 2008
- Roach x chub hybridRutilus rutilus x Leuciscus cephalus2 siteslatest 28 Jun 2006
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama2 siteslatest 7 Aug 2008
- Roach x dace hybridRutilus rutilus x Leuciscus leuciscus2 siteslatest 4 Sept 2008
- Roach x rudd hybridRutilus rutilus x Scardinius erythrophthalmus2 siteslatest 31 Jul 1989
- Brook lampreyLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 22 Jun 2005
- Brook lamprey ammocoetesLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 15 Sept 2023
- Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 28 Jul 1989
- Crucian carpCarassius carassius1 sitelatest 17 Jul 1989
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus1 sitelatest 25 Sept 2023
- Pike varietiesEsox lucius1 sitelatest 27 Aug 2008
Surveyed sites on this water
20 shown, newest survey first
Wainford Maltings
- Survey events
- 11
- Observed taxa
- 17
- Latest survey
- 25 Sept 2023
Homersfield Bridge
- Survey events
- 15
- Observed taxa
- 19
- Latest survey
- 15 Sept 2023
Watts Plantation
- Survey events
- 16
- Observed taxa
- 18
- Latest survey
- 14 Sept 2023
U/S Lucks Mill
- Survey events
- 15
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 11 Sept 2023
Billingford Bridge
- Survey events
- 14
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 6 Jul 2017
Bungay Common
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 22 Aug 2014
Broome Waterworks
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 21 Aug 2014
Earsham Buck
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 19 Aug 2014
D/S Brockdish Mill
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 15
- Latest survey
- 18 Aug 2011
Shotford Bridge
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 11 Aug 2011
U/S Wortwell Mill
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 28 Aug 2008
Monks Hall
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 27 Aug 2008
Needham Mill
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 6 Aug 2008
Bungay Common (Top)
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 17 Jul 2006
D/S Wortwell Mill
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 12 Jul 2006
Mendham Marshes
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 11 Jul 2006
Hoxne Mill
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 5 Jul 2006
Wainford Maltings No1
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 28 Jun 2006
Wainford Maltings No2
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 11 Jul 1996
Dairy Farm
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 7 Aug 1989
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