Wensum (Barbel)
- EA ecology area
- East Anglia
- Waterbody IDs
- GB105034055881 · GB105034055882
- Catchments
- Wensum catchment
Wensum (Barbel) fishing evidence · East Anglia
What fish are in the Wensum (Barbel)?
Monitoring has recorded 20 species across 11 surveyed sites on this water, between 2005 and 2016. 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.
11 sites · 67 events
20 positive taxa aggregates are shown. More survey coverage is not a fishing-quality verdict.
Latest 23 Oct 2016
- Within 2 years
- 0 sites
- 3–5 years
- 0 sites
- 6–10 years
- 4 sites
- Older
- 7 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.
- BarbelBarbus barbus10 siteslatest 23 Oct 2016
- PikeEsox lucius6 siteslatest 27 Mar 2014
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta5 siteslatest 27 Mar 2014
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus5 siteslatest 27 Mar 2014
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus5 siteslatest 27 Mar 2014
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus5 siteslatest 27 Mar 2014
- PerchPerca fluviatilis5 siteslatest 27 Mar 2014
- RoachRutilus rutilus5 siteslatest 27 Mar 2014
- BullheadCottus gobio4 siteslatest 24 Sept 2013
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla4 siteslatest 24 Sept 2013
- GudgeonGobio gobio4 siteslatest 24 Sept 2013
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus2 siteslatest 24 Sept 2013
- Brook lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra planeri2 siteslatest 24 Sept 2013
- Brook lamprey ammocoetesLampetra planeri2 siteslatest 24 Sept 2013
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula2 siteslatest 24 Sept 2013
- Common breamAbramis brama1 sitelatest 19 Aug 2010
- GraylingThymallus thymallus1 sitelatest 6 Oct 2005
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus1 sitelatest 27 Mar 2014
- SmeltOsmerus eperlanus1 sitelatest 27 Mar 2014
- TenchTinca tinca1 sitelatest 19 Aug 2010
Surveyed sites on this water
11 shown, newest survey first
D/S Costessey Weir
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 23 Oct 2016
Taverham
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 23 Oct 2016
Lenwade Bridge
- Survey events
- 10
- Observed taxa
- 15
- Latest survey
- 16 Oct 2016
Lyng Side Channel
- Survey events
- 10
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 16 Oct 2016
Attlebridge Hall Farm
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 30 Sept 2015
Ringland Bridge
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 30 Sept 2015
Hellesdon
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 29 Sept 2015
New Mills Yard
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 27 Mar 2014
D/S Costessey point (all species)
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 15
- Latest survey
- 24 Sept 2013
D/S Taverham Mill (All species)
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 20 Sept 2013
D/S Lenwade Bridge (all species)
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 12 Sept 2013
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