Solent and South Downs · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Western Rother (Solent and South Downs)?
Monitoring has recorded 29 species across 15 surveyed sites on this water, between 2001 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.
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta15 siteslatest 16 Jun 2026
- European eelAnguilla anguilla14 siteslatest 16 Jun 2026
- BullheadCottus gobio13 siteslatest 16 Jun 2026
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula13 siteslatest 16 Jun 2026
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus12 siteslatest 16 Jun 2026
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus11 siteslatest 24 Jul 2025
- Brook lampreyLampetra planeri10 siteslatest 16 Jun 2026
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus10 siteslatest 16 Jun 2026
- GudgeonGobio gobio10 siteslatest 16 Jun 2026
- PerchPerca fluviatilis10 siteslatest 16 Jun 2026
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus9 siteslatest 31 Jul 2025
- RoachRutilus rutilus9 siteslatest 16 Jun 2026
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla7 siteslatest 12 Jun 2024
- GraylingThymallus thymallus7 siteslatest 16 Jun 2026
- Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae7 siteslatest 8 Aug 2007
- PikeEsox lucius7 siteslatest 16 Jun 2026
- TenchTinca tinca6 siteslatest 11 Jul 2023
- Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio5 siteslatest 24 Jun 2019
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus5 siteslatest 23 Jun 2025
- Brook lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra planeri3 siteslatest 20 Jun 2024
- Brook lamprey ammocoetesLampetra planeri3 siteslatest 25 Jun 2025
- Common breamAbramis brama3 siteslatest 25 Jun 2025
- Lampetra sp.Lampetra3 siteslatest 22 Jul 2016
- Mirror carpCyprinus carpio2 siteslatest 13 Jul 2006
- BarbelBarbus barbus1 sitelatest 17 Sept 2004
- BleakAlburnus alburnus1 sitelatest 19 Jun 2024
- FlounderPlatichthys flesus1 sitelatest 16 Jul 2015
- Golden goldfishCarassius auratus1 sitelatest 13 Jul 2006
- Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss1 sitelatest 14 Jul 2004
Surveyed sites on this water
15 shown, newest survey first
Terwick Mill
- Survey events
- 23
- Observed taxa
- 23
- Latest survey
- 16 Jun 2026
Stanbridge
- Survey events
- 22
- Observed taxa
- 17
- Latest survey
- 31 Jul 2025
Coultershaw
- Survey events
- 22
- Observed taxa
- 20
- Latest survey
- 25 Jun 2025
Fittleworth Bridge
- Survey events
- 22
- Observed taxa
- 22
- Latest survey
- 23 Jun 2025
Woolbeding
- Survey events
- 22
- Observed taxa
- 17
- Latest survey
- 19 Jun 2025
Liss
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 18 Jul 2018
Stedham Mill D/S
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 15 Jul 2016
Durford Bridge
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 18
- Latest survey
- 2 Sept 2014
U/S Mizzards
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 2 Sept 2014
North Mill Bypass pool
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 22 Jul 2009
Adhurst
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 25 Jun 2008
Empshott Mill
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 2 Jun 2008
Hardham
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 19 Jul 2007
Cowdray Estate
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 17 Jul 2007
Habin Bridge
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 11 Jul 2007
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