West Fen Drain
- EA ecology area
- Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire
- Waterbody IDs
- GB105030056340 · GB105030056790 · GB105030062420
- Catchments
- Witham Catchment
West Fen Drain fishing evidence · Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire
What fish are in the West Fen Drain?
Monitoring has recorded 17 species across 7 surveyed sites on this water, between 1990 and 2019. 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.
7 sites · 47 events
17 positive taxa aggregates are shown. More survey coverage is not a fishing-quality verdict.
Latest 17 Sept 2019
- Within 2 years
- 0 sites
- 3–5 years
- 0 sites
- 6–10 years
- 2 sites
- Older
- 5 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 brama7 siteslatest 17 Sept 2019
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla7 siteslatest 8 Nov 2016
- GudgeonGobio gobio7 siteslatest 10 Jun 1996
- PerchPerca fluviatilis7 siteslatest 17 Sept 2019
- PikeEsox lucius7 siteslatest 17 Sept 2019
- RoachRutilus rutilus7 siteslatest 17 Sept 2019
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama7 siteslatest 17 Sept 2019
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus7 siteslatest 27 Jun 2016
- Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna7 siteslatest 9 Jul 2013
- TenchTinca tinca7 siteslatest 17 Sept 2019
- BleakAlburnus alburnus6 siteslatest 27 Jun 2016
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus6 siteslatest 17 Sept 2019
- Spined loachCobitis taenia5 siteslatest 24 Jun 2016
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus2 siteslatest 17 Sept 2019
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus1 sitelatest 25 Oct 1990
- European eelAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 23 May 2005
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula1 sitelatest 5 Nov 1990
Surveyed sites on this water
7 shown, newest survey first
Westville Farm
- Survey events
- 10
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 17 Sept 2019
Hough Bridge
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 8 Nov 2016
Richardson's Bridge
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 27 Jun 2016
D/S Frithville Bank House Farm
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 15
- Latest survey
- 24 Jun 2016
Bunkers Hill
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 22 Jun 2016
D/S Newham Junction (Dovecote Farm on West Fen)
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 11 May 2005
Bettinsons Bridge
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 22 Jun 2001
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