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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.

  1. Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta15 siteslatest 16 Jun 2026
  2. European eelAnguilla anguilla14 siteslatest 16 Jun 2026
  3. BullheadCottus gobio13 siteslatest 16 Jun 2026
  4. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula13 siteslatest 16 Jun 2026
  5. MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus12 siteslatest 16 Jun 2026
  6. ChubLeuciscus cephalus11 siteslatest 24 Jul 2025
  7. Brook lampreyLampetra planeri10 siteslatest 16 Jun 2026
  8. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus10 siteslatest 16 Jun 2026
  9. GudgeonGobio gobio10 siteslatest 16 Jun 2026
  10. PerchPerca fluviatilis10 siteslatest 16 Jun 2026
  11. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus9 siteslatest 31 Jul 2025
  12. RoachRutilus rutilus9 siteslatest 16 Jun 2026
  13. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla7 siteslatest 12 Jun 2024
  14. GraylingThymallus thymallus7 siteslatest 16 Jun 2026
  15. Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae7 siteslatest 8 Aug 2007
  16. PikeEsox lucius7 siteslatest 16 Jun 2026
  17. TenchTinca tinca6 siteslatest 11 Jul 2023
  18. Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio5 siteslatest 24 Jun 2019
  19. RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus5 siteslatest 23 Jun 2025
  20. Brook lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra planeri3 siteslatest 20 Jun 2024
  21. Brook lamprey ammocoetesLampetra planeri3 siteslatest 25 Jun 2025
  22. Common breamAbramis brama3 siteslatest 25 Jun 2025
  23. Lampetra sp.Lampetra3 siteslatest 22 Jul 2016
  24. Mirror carpCyprinus carpio2 siteslatest 13 Jul 2006
  25. BarbelBarbus barbus1 sitelatest 17 Sept 2004
  26. BleakAlburnus alburnus1 sitelatest 19 Jun 2024
  27. FlounderPlatichthys flesus1 sitelatest 16 Jul 2015
  28. Golden goldfishCarassius auratus1 sitelatest 13 Jul 2006
  29. Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss1 sitelatest 14 Jul 2004

Surveyed sites on this water

15 shown, newest survey first

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