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Anguilla anguilla · England

Where european elvers has been recorded

Environment Agency surveys have recorded european elvers at 963 sites across 480 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. River Ehen24 siteslatest 23 Sept 2024
  2. Main River Axe (Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly)17 siteslatest 4 Jun 2024
  3. River Cocker15 siteslatest 7 Jul 2023
  4. River Leven12 siteslatest 25 Sept 2024
  5. Main Yealm11 siteslatest 28 Aug 2025
  6. Cumbrian Esk10 siteslatest 29 Sept 2025
  7. River Irt10 siteslatest 17 Oct 2025
  8. Main Fowey9 siteslatest 15 Aug 2024
  9. Northern Burns9 siteslatest 22 Sept 2017
  10. River Derwent (Cumbria and Lancashire)9 siteslatest 7 Jul 2023
  11. River Eamont9 siteslatest 17 Jul 2013
  12. River Ellen9 siteslatest 9 Jul 2021
  13. Main River Torridge8 siteslatest 16 Sept 2024
  14. River Keekle8 siteslatest 12 Aug 2024
  15. River Petteril8 siteslatest 20 Jun 2024
  16. Main Camel7 siteslatest 2 Jul 2024
  17. Main Congresbury Yeo7 siteslatest 26 Sept 2013
  18. Main River Tone7 siteslatest 5 Sept 2019
  19. River Wyre7 siteslatest 14 Aug 2017
  20. Glaven (East Anglia)6 siteslatest 21 May 2026
  21. Gowy6 siteslatest 2 Jun 2010
  22. Main Allen (Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly)6 siteslatest 17 Aug 2022
  23. Main River Coly6 siteslatest 24 May 2024
  24. River Duddon6 siteslatest 5 Sept 2024
  25. River Eden, downstream Eamont confluence6 siteslatest 1 Aug 2025
  26. River Leadon6 siteslatest 27 Jul 2021
  27. Eel Survey5 siteslatest 23 Apr 2014
  28. Horsebere Brook5 siteslatest 26 Jun 2013
  29. Liddel Water5 siteslatest 11 Aug 2023
  30. Main Inny5 siteslatest 13 Aug 2025
  31. Main Lyd (Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly)5 siteslatest 8 Sept 2025
  32. Main Plym5 siteslatest 7 Aug 2025
  33. Main River Mole (Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly)5 siteslatest 5 Aug 2025
  34. Main River Yarty5 siteslatest 22 May 2024
  35. Main River Yeo (Wessex)5 siteslatest 9 Jul 2013
  36. Main Tamar5 siteslatest 23 Aug 2023
  37. Main Tavy5 siteslatest 9 Sept 2025
  38. Main river sites5 siteslatest 30 May 2018
  39. River Char5 siteslatest 4 Oct 2016
  40. River Crake5 siteslatest 26 Jun 2024
  41. River Don5 siteslatest 22 Sept 2016
  42. River Little Avon5 siteslatest 26 Sept 2018
  43. River Marron5 siteslatest 11 Aug 2025
  44. River Swilgate5 siteslatest 7 Sept 2021
  45. River Wear (North East)5 siteslatest 5 Jun 2019
  46. St Neot5 siteslatest 21 Sept 2023
  47. Stiffkey5 siteslatest 1 May 2026
  48. Kirk Beck4 siteslatest 22 Aug 2023
  49. Main Lynher4 siteslatest 26 Aug 2025
  50. Main River Avon Sites (Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly)4 siteslatest 7 Sept 2023
  51. Main River Isle4 siteslatest 20 Jul 2007
  52. Main Wolf4 siteslatest 16 Sept 2025
  53. River Chelt4 siteslatest 3 Sept 2015
  54. River Frome (West Midlands)4 siteslatest 16 Aug 2024
  55. River Kent4 siteslatest 28 Jun 2024
  56. River Lickle4 siteslatest 12 Sept 2024
  57. Rusland Pool4 siteslatest 13 Jul 2023
  58. Ruthern4 siteslatest 14 Jul 2025
  59. Beeleigh Weir Elver Traps3 siteslatest 18 Oct 2023
  60. Black Esk3 siteslatest 29 Jul 2025
  61. Border Esk (upstream Ewes Water)3 siteslatest 14 Aug 2023
  62. Cairn Beck3 siteslatest 11 Jul 2006
  63. Cinderford Brook3 siteslatest 27 Aug 2024
  64. East Looe3 siteslatest 15 Jun 2021
  65. Gannel3 siteslatest 3 Oct 2018
  66. Hayle3 siteslatest 30 May 2017
  67. Lumley Park Burn3 siteslatest 30 Jul 2015
  68. Main Horner Water3 siteslatest 23 Apr 2014
  69. Main Red River3 siteslatest 17 Aug 2000
  70. Main River Chew3 siteslatest 6 Jul 2016
  71. Main River Erme3 siteslatest 15 Sept 2023
  72. Main Valency3 siteslatest 30 Aug 2017
  73. Main Warleggan3 siteslatest 31 Aug 2000
  74. Main West Looe3 siteslatest 8 Aug 2025
  75. Mainstem surveys3 siteslatest 10 Sept 2004
  76. Menalhyl3 siteslatest 20 Jun 2018
  77. Peasey Beck3 siteslatest 15 Jul 2024
  78. Pill River3 siteslatest 8 Sept 2021
  79. River Bela3 siteslatest 1 Jul 2024
  80. River Bray3 siteslatest 4 Aug 2025

Distribution

By ecology region

  • Cumbria and Lancashire359 sites
  • Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly289 sites
  • Wessex117 sites
  • West Midlands58 sites
  • East Anglia46 sites
  • North East45 sites
  • Greater Manchester Merseyside and Cheshire15 sites
  • Yorkshire10 sites
  • Hertfordshire and North London8 sites
  • Solent and South Downs6 sites
  • Kent, South London and East Sussex4 sites
  • East Midlands4 sites
  • Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire2 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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