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Solent and South Downs · Environment Agency surveys

What fish are in the Western Rother Tributaries (Solent and South Downs)?

Monitoring has recorded 22 species across 17 surveyed sites on this water, between 2001 and 2021. 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 1 Jul 2021
  2. BullheadCottus gobio15 siteslatest 1 Jul 2021
  3. European eelAnguilla anguilla13 siteslatest 1 Jul 2021
  4. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula9 siteslatest 22 Aug 2014
  5. MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus8 siteslatest 1 Jul 2021
  6. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus6 siteslatest 1 Jul 2021
  7. PerchPerca fluviatilis6 siteslatest 1 Jul 2021
  8. Brook lampreyLampetra planeri5 siteslatest 18 Jul 2018
  9. RoachRutilus rutilus5 siteslatest 5 Jun 2008
  10. ChubLeuciscus cephalus4 siteslatest 22 Aug 2014
  11. Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae4 siteslatest 11 Oct 2001
  12. PikeEsox lucius4 siteslatest 22 Aug 2014
  13. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus3 siteslatest 18 Jul 2018
  14. GudgeonGobio gobio3 siteslatest 27 Jul 2012
  15. Brook lamprey ammocoetesLampetra planeri2 siteslatest 12 Jul 2013
  16. Common breamAbramis brama2 siteslatest 5 Jun 2008
  17. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla2 siteslatest 12 Jul 2013
  18. RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus2 siteslatest 30 Oct 2001
  19. TenchTinca tinca2 siteslatest 30 Oct 2001
  20. Chub x dace hybridLeuciscus cephalus x Leuciscus leuciscus1 sitelatest 12 Oct 2001
  21. Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 30 Oct 2001
  22. Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama1 sitelatest 5 Jun 2008

Surveyed sites on this water

17 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