Rhodeus sericeus · England
Where bitterling has been recorded
Environment Agency surveys have recorded bitterling at 79 sites across 24 waters, between 1984 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.
- DS Cam10 siteslatest 2 Oct 2025
- Old West River10 siteslatest 15 Sept 2023
- Ely Ouse6 siteslatest 18 Oct 2023
- Cut-Off Channel5 siteslatest 22 Jun 2023
- DS Lark5 siteslatest 17 Sept 2024
- Great Ouse (Brampton to Earith)5 siteslatest 11 Oct 2019
- DS Wissey4 siteslatest 6 Aug 2024
- Burwell Lode3 siteslatest 11 Jun 2014
- DS Lt Ouse3 siteslatest 30 Jul 2024
- Relief Channel (East Anglia)3 siteslatest 8 Aug 2023
- River Wheelock3 siteslatest 5 Jul 2006
- Soham Lode3 siteslatest 22 May 2014
- Swaffham Bulbeck Lode3 siteslatest 23 Apr 1993
- Counter Drain2 siteslatest 10 Jun 2026
- Gowy2 siteslatest 16 May 2008
- Reach Lode2 siteslatest 28 Aug 2025
- Well Creek2 siteslatest 23 May 2023
- Wicken Lode2 siteslatest 24 Sept 2025
- Bottisham Lode1 sitelatest 8 Apr 1993
- Delph1 sitelatest 11 Jun 2009
- Merseyside1 sitelatest 23 Feb 2009
- River Dane1 sitelatest 30 Jun 2008
- St Ives Chub Stream1 sitelatest 8 Apr 2025
- Sutton Brook1 sitelatest 19 Aug 1994
Distribution
By ecology region
- East Anglia71 sites
- Greater Manchester Merseyside and Cheshire8 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