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Abramis brama · England

Where common bream has been recorded

Environment Agency surveys have recorded common bream at 2,441 sites across 563 waters, between 1976 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. Lincolnshire Lakes106 siteslatest 6 Dec 2011
  2. Warwickshire Avon33 siteslatest 11 Apr 2023
  3. Grand Union Canal27 siteslatest 1 Feb 1994
  4. Above Wansford24 siteslatest 17 Sept 2018
  5. R.Ancholme Subcatchments24 siteslatest 25 Apr 2018
  6. Upper Thames (Thames)24 siteslatest 14 Oct 2025
  7. Great Ouse (Newport Pagnell to Bedford)23 siteslatest 31 Aug 2023
  8. River Chelmer Lower (C&B Navigation)22 siteslatest 13 Jun 2025
  9. River Stour Middle (East Anglia)22 siteslatest 23 Jul 2025
  10. Great Ouse (Bedford to Brampton)20 siteslatest 5 Oct 2018
  11. Lake Surveys20 siteslatest 6 Feb 2017
  12. Tidal Yare20 siteslatest 29 Jan 2026
  13. River Kennet19 siteslatest 25 Sept 2025
  14. River Ouse (Yorkshire)19 siteslatest 29 Jun 2022
  15. Above Wellingborough18 siteslatest 29 Jun 2015
  16. Great Ouse (Brampton to Earith)18 siteslatest 15 Oct 2025
  17. Middle Thames (Thames)18 siteslatest 25 Jul 2025
  18. River Trent (West Midlands)18 siteslatest 8 Sept 2022
  19. River Cherwell18 siteslatest 11 Jun 2025
  20. TWARP reaches of the Thames18 siteslatest 20 Jul 2025
  21. River Blackwater (East Anglia)17 siteslatest 15 Sept 2014
  22. River Colne Lower (East Anglia)17 siteslatest 30 May 2023
  23. River Stour Upper (East Anglia)17 siteslatest 8 Oct 2024
  24. Wensum (central)17 siteslatest 7 Aug 2025
  25. Counter Drain16 siteslatest 31 Mar 2026
  26. Barton Broad15 siteslatest 16 Jan 2026
  27. Colne (Hertfordshire and North London)15 siteslatest 24 Jul 2025
  28. Hickling Broad15 siteslatest 23 Jan 2026
  29. Lee (Hertfordshire and North London)14 siteslatest 11 Sept 2025
  30. Lee Navigation (Hertfordshire and North London)14 siteslatest 16 Sept 2025
  31. South Holland Main Drain14 siteslatest 3 Apr 2025
  32. Cut-Off Channel13 siteslatest 22 Jun 2023
  33. Great Ouse (Brackley to Newport Pagnell)13 siteslatest 12 Jun 2025
  34. Relief Channel (East Anglia)13 siteslatest 8 Aug 2023
  35. River Arrow (West Midlands)13 siteslatest 10 May 2022
  36. River Dearne13 siteslatest 2 Jul 2026
  37. Trent (East Midlands)13 siteslatest 19 Sept 2025
  38. Tidal Waveney13 siteslatest 4 Feb 2026
  39. Below Wansford12 siteslatest 19 Sept 2018
  40. Oxford Watercourses12 siteslatest 27 Aug 2014
  41. Peakirk downstream12 siteslatest 6 Sept 2000
  42. South Forty Foot Drain12 siteslatest 24 May 2016
  43. DS Cam11 siteslatest 1 Oct 2025
  44. DS Wissey11 siteslatest 6 Aug 2024
  45. Ivel11 siteslatest 8 May 2008
  46. Main River Yeo (Wessex)11 siteslatest 25 Sept 2013
  47. Medway - main river11 siteslatest 18 Jun 2026
  48. Ormesby Broad11 siteslatest 16 Sept 1997
  49. Ouse (Solent and South Downs)11 siteslatest 27 Sept 2023
  50. Ouzel11 siteslatest 11 Aug 2016
  51. R.Bain11 siteslatest 7 May 1997
  52. R.Stour special sites11 siteslatest 12 Feb 2004
  53. Rmc11 siteslatest 2 May 2024
  54. River Thame11 siteslatest 18 Sept 2025
  55. Steeping FMU11 siteslatest 3 May 2019
  56. Arun (Solent and South Downs)10 siteslatest 21 Oct 2025
  57. Bridgwater / Taunton Canal10 siteslatest 19 May 1994
  58. DS Lark10 siteslatest 17 Sept 2024
  59. Ely Ouse10 siteslatest 18 Oct 2023
  60. Main River Parrett10 siteslatest 19 Aug 2021
  61. Manchester10 siteslatest 12 Mar 2009
  62. River Churnet10 siteslatest 19 May 2004
  63. River Tame10 siteslatest 24 Oct 2017
  64. River Alne10 siteslatest 22 Jun 2022
  65. River Colne Upper (East Anglia)10 siteslatest 9 Jun 2008
  66. River Don10 siteslatest 4 Jul 2017
  67. River Nene (Old Course)10 siteslatest 5 Jul 2023
  68. Delph9 siteslatest 27 Jun 2023
  69. Hobhole Drain9 siteslatest 27 Sept 2019
  70. North Level Main Drain9 siteslatest 15 Apr 2019
  71. Old West River9 siteslatest 7 Sept 2023
  72. River Sow9 siteslatest 10 Jul 2018
  73. River Frome (West Midlands)9 siteslatest 1 Sept 2022
  74. River Wid (Main Reaches)9 siteslatest 11 Nov 2013
  75. Soar9 siteslatest 11 Oct 2022
  76. Stillwaters9 siteslatest 25 Jan 2017
  77. Torne9 siteslatest 26 Jun 2023
  78. Adur East Arm8 siteslatest 17 Jul 2024
  79. DS Lt Ouse8 siteslatest 30 Jul 2024
  80. Gwash8 siteslatest 27 Mar 1996

Distribution

By ecology region

  • East Anglia779 sites
  • Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire518 sites
  • Thames258 sites
  • West Midlands210 sites
  • Yorkshire121 sites
  • Wessex108 sites
  • Kent, South London and East Sussex101 sites
  • Solent and South Downs100 sites
  • Hertfordshire and North London93 sites
  • East Midlands85 sites
  • Greater Manchester Merseyside and Cheshire40 sites
  • Cumbria and Lancashire12 sites
  • North East9 sites
  • Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly7 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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