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Leuciscus leuciscus · England

Where dace has been recorded

Environment Agency surveys have recorded dace at 4,474 sites across 943 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. Warwickshire Avon86 siteslatest 6 Oct 2025
  2. River Tees (North East)48 siteslatest 15 Aug 2025
  3. Main river sites44 siteslatest 18 Sept 2025
  4. River Kennet41 siteslatest 9 Oct 2025
  5. Wensum (central)36 siteslatest 10 Sept 2025
  6. River Trent (West Midlands)35 siteslatest 11 Sept 2025
  7. River Cherwell33 siteslatest 11 Jun 2025
  8. Above Wansford32 siteslatest 17 Sept 2018
  9. River Don32 siteslatest 12 Aug 2025
  10. Upper Thames (Thames)32 siteslatest 16 Oct 2025
  11. Colne (Hertfordshire and North London)29 siteslatest 15 Jun 2026
  12. River Evenlode28 siteslatest 28 Aug 2024
  13. Blackwater (Solent and South Downs)27 siteslatest 16 Sept 2025
  14. Main Avon Sites (Wessex)27 siteslatest 25 Sept 2025
  15. Lincolnshire Lakes26 siteslatest 12 Dec 2001
  16. R.Ancholme Subcatchments26 siteslatest 22 Apr 2015
  17. River Swale (Yorkshire)25 siteslatest 13 Aug 2025
  18. Roding25 siteslatest 30 Sept 2025
  19. Great Ouse (Newport Pagnell to Bedford)24 siteslatest 31 Aug 2023
  20. Middle Thames (Thames)24 siteslatest 25 Jul 2025
  21. Mole - main river (Kent, South London and East Sussex)23 siteslatest 29 Jul 2025
  22. River Blackwater (East Anglia)23 siteslatest 8 Nov 2023
  23. River Chelmer Lower (C&B Navigation)23 siteslatest 4 Jul 2025
  24. Severn - Confl Vyrnwy to Bewdley (main river)23 siteslatest 19 Sept 2023
  25. Bow Brook22 siteslatest 8 Aug 2022
  26. Lee (Hertfordshire and North London)22 siteslatest 9 Jun 2026
  27. River Stour Middle (East Anglia)22 siteslatest 11 Aug 2025
  28. Great Ouse (Brackley to Newport Pagnell)21 siteslatest 21 Apr 2026
  29. Main River Yeo (Wessex)21 siteslatest 21 Aug 2024
  30. River Churnet21 siteslatest 29 Jul 2025
  31. River Aire (Yorkshire)21 siteslatest 30 Jun 2026
  32. River Leam20 siteslatest 4 May 2023
  33. River Thame20 siteslatest 18 Sept 2025
  34. Great Ouse (Brampton to Earith)19 siteslatest 22 Oct 2025
  35. River Colne Lower (East Anglia)19 siteslatest 2 Jun 2026
  36. River Stour Upper (East Anglia)19 siteslatest 8 Oct 2024
  37. Great Ouse (Bedford to Brampton)18 siteslatest 5 Oct 2018
  38. River Alne18 siteslatest 26 Jun 2025
  39. River Dane18 siteslatest 18 May 2023
  40. River Dearne18 siteslatest 2 Jul 2026
  41. River Nadder18 siteslatest 24 Jul 2024
  42. River Ure (Yorkshire)18 siteslatest 13 Aug 2025
  43. Soar18 siteslatest 19 Jun 2026
  44. Great Stour - main river17 siteslatest 17 Jul 2024
  45. Medway - main river17 siteslatest 16 Oct 2025
  46. R.Bain17 siteslatest 14 Jun 2023
  47. River Derwent (Yorkshire)17 siteslatest 11 Aug 2025
  48. River Ouse (Yorkshire)17 siteslatest 22 Jun 2026
  49. TWARP reaches of the Thames17 siteslatest 20 Jul 2025
  50. Waveney (central)17 siteslatest 25 Sept 2023
  51. Ouse (Solent and South Downs)16 siteslatest 25 Jul 2024
  52. River Wear (North East)16 siteslatest 12 Jun 2025
  53. River Wharfe (Yorkshire)16 siteslatest 11 Aug 2025
  54. Trent (East Midlands)16 siteslatest 19 Sept 2025
  55. Wensum (Restoration strategy)16 siteslatest 30 Aug 2024
  56. Witham Claypole (upper) Subcatchment16 siteslatest 13 Nov 2025
  57. Wye (East Midlands)16 siteslatest 6 Oct 2022
  58. Yare16 siteslatest 17 Aug 2023
  59. Nar15 siteslatest 1 Apr 2025
  60. Ouzel15 siteslatest 16 Apr 2026
  61. River Tame15 siteslatest 14 Aug 2014
  62. River Chelmer Upper (Main Reaches)15 siteslatest 1 Oct 2025
  63. River Deben (Main Reaches)15 siteslatest 19 Sept 2025
  64. River Lostock15 siteslatest 5 Jul 2023
  65. Tinwell to Peakirk15 siteslatest 16 Oct 2024
  66. US Lt Ouse15 siteslatest 20 Aug 2024
  67. Arun (Solent and South Downs)14 siteslatest 21 Oct 2025
  68. Below Wansford14 siteslatest 30 Oct 2024
  69. Derwent (East Midlands)14 siteslatest 22 Sept 2025
  70. Ivel14 siteslatest 8 Oct 2025
  71. Long Eau Riffles14 siteslatest 26 Sept 1996
  72. River Brett (Main Reaches)14 siteslatest 9 Apr 2026
  73. River Calder14 siteslatest 14 Aug 2025
  74. River Leadon14 siteslatest 4 Aug 2022
  75. Wandle14 siteslatest 7 Oct 2025
  76. Above Wellingborough13 siteslatest 29 Jun 2015
  77. Bure (central)13 siteslatest 20 Jun 2025
  78. Lee Navigation (Hertfordshire and North London)13 siteslatest 16 Sept 2025
  79. River Arrow (West Midlands)13 siteslatest 21 May 2025
  80. River Loddon13 siteslatest 28 Apr 2022

Distribution

By ecology region

  • East Anglia968 sites
  • West Midlands713 sites
  • Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire575 sites
  • Thames494 sites
  • Wessex346 sites
  • Yorkshire321 sites
  • Solent and South Downs199 sites
  • Kent, South London and East Sussex178 sites
  • Hertfordshire and North London178 sites
  • East Midlands159 sites
  • Cumbria and Lancashire106 sites
  • Greater Manchester Merseyside and Cheshire105 sites
  • North East89 sites
  • Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly43 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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