ARAnglerRadar evidence & rules

Salmo salar · England

Where atlantic salmon has been recorded

Environment Agency surveys have recorded atlantic salmon at 3,937 sites across 837 waters, between 1977 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. River Wear (North East)73 siteslatest 4 Sept 2025
  2. River Coquet (North East)63 siteslatest 17 Jun 2026
  3. River Lune55 siteslatest 16 Oct 2025
  4. River Tees (North East)53 siteslatest 10 Oct 2025
  5. Test48 siteslatest 9 Oct 2025
  6. Main river sites47 siteslatest 18 Sept 2025
  7. Main Avon Sites (Wessex)43 siteslatest 14 Oct 2025
  8. River Esk43 siteslatest 2 Oct 2025
  9. South Tyne (North East)41 siteslatest 29 Jul 2025
  10. River Teme39 siteslatest 7 Aug 2025
  11. Main Tamar38 siteslatest 16 Aug 2024
  12. Main River Torridge34 siteslatest 16 Jul 2025
  13. Lugg33 siteslatest 27 Sept 2022
  14. Itchen (Solent and South Downs)32 siteslatest 5 Sept 2025
  15. Main River Exe32 siteslatest 31 Jul 2025
  16. River Aln30 siteslatest 23 Jun 2026
  17. River Kent30 siteslatest 21 Oct 2025
  18. Main Yealm29 siteslatest 28 Aug 2025
  19. River Ribble29 siteslatest 23 Jul 2024
  20. Hybridisation Project28 siteslatest 25 Oct 2007
  21. Main Camel27 siteslatest 16 Jun 2026
  22. River Caldew27 siteslatest 5 Aug 2024
  23. River Rede26 siteslatest 7 Jul 2025
  24. River Derwent (Cumbria and Lancashire)25 siteslatest 15 Jul 2025
  25. River Ehen25 siteslatest 23 Sept 2024
  26. North Tyne24 siteslatest 1 Aug 2025
  27. River Hodder24 siteslatest 22 Aug 2025
  28. Main Tavy23 siteslatest 9 Sept 2025
  29. Liddel Water22 siteslatest 30 Jul 2025
  30. River Nadder22 siteslatest 30 Jul 2025
  31. River Taw sites22 siteslatest 9 Sept 2025
  32. River Wyre22 siteslatest 22 Sept 2025
  33. Arrow (West Midlands)21 siteslatest 23 Aug 2022
  34. River Calder21 siteslatest 30 Sept 2025
  35. CPUE Coquet Timed Surveys (North East)20 siteslatest 22 Jul 2024
  36. CPUE River South Tyne Timed Surveys (North East)20 siteslatest 8 Aug 2024
  37. CPUE Wear Timed Surveys (North East)20 siteslatest 29 Aug 2024
  38. Cumbrian Esk20 siteslatest 29 Sept 2025
  39. Main Fowey20 siteslatest 19 Sept 2024
  40. Main Lyd (Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly)20 siteslatest 8 Sept 2025
  41. Main River Mole (Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly)20 siteslatest 19 Aug 2025
  42. Main Inny19 siteslatest 21 Aug 2025
  43. Main Lynher19 siteslatest 26 Aug 2025
  44. River Cocker19 siteslatest 10 Jul 2023
  45. River Irt19 siteslatest 17 Oct 2025
  46. River Wylye19 siteslatest 10 Sept 2025
  47. Brennand RSA/HMWB 2011 onwards18 siteslatest 5 Oct 2018
  48. Main River Barle18 siteslatest 9 Jul 2025
  49. Main River Okement18 siteslatest 17 Sept 2024
  50. River Leven18 siteslatest 25 Sept 2024
  51. Whitendale RSA/HMWB 2011 onwards18 siteslatest 18 Oct 2018
  52. Main Ottery17 siteslatest 28 Jul 2025
  53. River Clun17 siteslatest 14 Aug 2025
  54. River Eamont17 siteslatest 26 Jul 2022
  55. River Ure (Yorkshire)17 siteslatest 1 Sept 2025
  56. Main Walkham16 siteslatest 10 Jun 2026
  57. River Teign16 siteslatest 13 Sept 2019
  58. River Ellen15 siteslatest 22 Jun 2023
  59. Severn - Confl Vyrnwy to Bewdley (main river)15 siteslatest 12 Sept 2023
  60. Swindale Beck (Lowther)15 siteslatest 2 Aug 2024
  61. Heltondale Beck14 siteslatest 29 Jun 2022
  62. Main Allen (Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly)14 siteslatest 14 Aug 2025
  63. Main Meavy14 siteslatest 10 Jul 2025
  64. Main Wolf14 siteslatest 16 Sept 2025
  65. River Bray14 siteslatest 12 Aug 2025
  66. River Duddon14 siteslatest 24 Sept 2024
  67. River Kennet14 siteslatest 25 Oct 2010
  68. River Onny14 siteslatest 29 Aug 2025
  69. Trout Beck14 siteslatest 25 Jun 2024
  70. Ullswater tributaries14 siteslatest 17 Jul 2024
  71. Barbon Beck13 siteslatest 20 Oct 2025
  72. Langden RSA/HMWB 2011 onwards13 siteslatest 11 Oct 2018
  73. Main River Tone13 siteslatest 30 Sept 2025
  74. MainTyne13 siteslatest 8 Aug 2025
  75. River Rawthey13 siteslatest 13 Oct 2025
  76. River Rothay13 siteslatest 31 Jul 2025
  77. River Sprint13 siteslatest 24 Oct 2025
  78. St Neot13 siteslatest 1 Oct 2024
  79. Wye (East Midlands)13 siteslatest 31 Aug 2021
  80. Hilton Beck12 siteslatest 24 Jun 2026

Distribution

By ecology region

  • Cumbria and Lancashire1,471 sites
  • Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly1,048 sites
  • North East546 sites
  • West Midlands287 sites
  • Wessex266 sites
  • Yorkshire146 sites
  • Solent and South Downs112 sites
  • Thames30 sites
  • Greater Manchester Merseyside and Cheshire17 sites
  • East Midlands8 sites
  • Hertfordshire and North London6 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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