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Pungitius pungitius · England

Where 10-spined stickleback has been recorded

Environment Agency surveys have recorded 10-spined stickleback at 537 sites across 284 waters, between 1978 and 2026. These are monitoring records with dates. They do not establish what is present today, nor that you may fish for it.

Waters

Rivers with the most records

Ordered by how many surveyed sites on each water recorded it. Waters with their own page are linked.

  1. Mimram9 siteslatest 7 Feb 2019
  2. Wensum (upper)8 siteslatest 22 Apr 2025
  3. Barlings Eau Tributary Sites7 siteslatest 7 Feb 1995
  4. Hevingham watercourse7 siteslatest 21 Jun 2019
  5. Long Eau Riffles7 siteslatest 26 Sept 1996
  6. Blackwater (Yare)6 siteslatest 11 Jan 2012
  7. Jubilee River6 siteslatest 21 Aug 2013
  8. Roding6 siteslatest 10 Sept 2021
  9. Tas6 siteslatest 2 Apr 2026
  10. Tud6 siteslatest 22 Apr 2024
  11. Ancholme Tributary Sites5 siteslatest 19 Dec 1995
  12. Brant Tributary Sites5 siteslatest 7 Feb 1995
  13. Hickling Broad5 siteslatest 5 Oct 1998
  14. River Deben (Main Reaches)5 siteslatest 21 Apr 2026
  15. River Derwent (Yorkshire)5 siteslatest 14 Jul 2015
  16. River Fynn5 siteslatest 7 Mar 2017
  17. South Forty Foot Tributary Sites5 siteslatest 21 Dec 1994
  18. Swannington Beck5 siteslatest 27 Mar 2015
  19. Wensum (central)5 siteslatest 23 Jul 2024
  20. Blackwater (Bure)4 siteslatest 3 Mar 2016
  21. Bure (central)4 siteslatest 8 Jul 2022
  22. Bure (upper)4 siteslatest 22 Jun 2018
  23. Chess4 siteslatest 7 Mar 2019
  24. Hiz4 siteslatest 24 May 2012
  25. Nar4 siteslatest 2 Oct 2013
  26. Purwell4 siteslatest 13 Apr 2016
  27. River Hull eel surveys4 siteslatest 13 Jul 2021
  28. Spixworth Beck4 siteslatest 25 Feb 2022
  29. Stibbard watercourse4 siteslatest 9 Mar 2009
  30. Trent (East Midlands)4 siteslatest 22 Sept 2022
  31. Waveney (central)4 siteslatest 25 Sept 2023
  32. Ant (upper) and NWD Canal3 siteslatest 12 May 2015
  33. Belchamp Brook (Main Reaches)3 siteslatest 29 May 2024
  34. Briston (River Bure)3 siteslatest 23 Feb 2022
  35. Burn3 siteslatest 16 Nov 2023
  36. Counter Drain3 siteslatest 12 Apr 2017
  37. Devon3 siteslatest 8 May 2013
  38. Holland Brook (Headwaters)3 siteslatest 7 Feb 2007
  39. Holland Brook (Main Reaches)3 siteslatest 16 Oct 1996
  40. Idle3 siteslatest 25 Apr 2017
  41. King's Beck3 siteslatest 18 Mar 2016
  42. Lee (Hertfordshire and North London)3 siteslatest 9 Aug 2007
  43. Mardyke3 siteslatest 4 Jun 2019
  44. Millbridge Common Brook3 siteslatest 18 May 2011
  45. Ormesby Broad3 siteslatest 15 Sept 1997
  46. Relief Channel (East Anglia)3 siteslatest 10 Jul 2014
  47. Rhee3 siteslatest 29 Jul 2016
  48. River Alde (Headwaters)3 siteslatest 2 Mar 2017
  49. River Blyth (Headwaters)3 siteslatest 14 Jan 2013
  50. River Blyth (Main Reaches)3 siteslatest 7 Jun 2016
  51. River Colne Upper (East Anglia)3 siteslatest 16 Jun 2026
  52. River Dearne3 siteslatest 14 Aug 2013
  53. River Deben (Headwaters)3 siteslatest 26 Sept 2024
  54. River Hull3 siteslatest 14 Aug 2023
  55. River Wang3 siteslatest 15 Jul 2016
  56. South Holland Main Drain3 siteslatest 4 Apr 2011
  57. Stiffkey3 siteslatest 21 Jun 2023
  58. Tenpenny Brook3 siteslatest 14 Mar 2017
  59. Till Tribs (Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire)3 siteslatest 17 Nov 1995
  60. Top of Foston Beck/Denton Res tribs3 siteslatest 9 Dec 1996
  61. Wensum (Restoration strategy)3 siteslatest 1 May 2025
  62. Wensum Tribs and HWs3 siteslatest 12 Mar 2014
  63. Westwick water course3 siteslatest 23 Mar 2016
  64. Arram Beck2 siteslatest 26 Sept 2016
  65. Barningham watercourse2 siteslatest 23 Mar 2016
  66. Beane2 siteslatest 28 Aug 2013
  67. Bentley Brook2 siteslatest 22 Feb 2011
  68. Bury Brook2 siteslatest 8 May 2024
  69. Cheriton stream2 siteslatest 10 Jun 2019
  70. Chet (fluvial)2 siteslatest 6 Mar 2014
  71. Chickering Beck2 siteslatest 7 Mar 2013
  72. DS Cam2 siteslatest 6 Sept 2013
  73. Dove (East Anglia)2 siteslatest 7 May 2024
  74. Ely Ouse2 siteslatest 3 Oct 2017
  75. Farnham Quarry2 siteslatest 9 Apr 2014
  76. Gressenhall watercourse2 siteslatest 5 Mar 2014
  77. Hall Green Brook2 siteslatest 16 Jan 2012
  78. Haughley Brook2 siteslatest 23 Mar 2011
  79. Heacham2 siteslatest 17 Apr 2015
  80. Ingoldmells Main Drain FMU2 siteslatest 4 Oct 1995

Distribution

By ecology region

  • East Anglia294 sites
  • Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire73 sites
  • Yorkshire39 sites
  • Hertfordshire and North London32 sites
  • East Midlands32 sites
  • Wessex19 sites
  • West Midlands14 sites
  • Thames11 sites
  • Solent and South Downs11 sites
  • Kent, South London and East Sussex9 sites
  • Greater Manchester Merseyside and Cheshire3 sites

Regions are the Environment Agency’s own ecology areas. Survey effort is not even across them, so a higher count can reflect more monitoring rather than more fish.

Provenance

Source and licence

  • SourceEnvironment Agency Ecology & Fish Data
  • LicenceOpen Government Licence v3.0
  • Source copy retrieved23 Jul 2026
  • Not assertedCurrent presence, abundance, access, permission or fishing quality
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