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Anguilla anguilla · England

Where european glass eels has been recorded

Environment Agency surveys have recorded european glass eels at 60 sites across 47 waters, between 1991 and 2023. 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 Leadon4 siteslatest 2 Aug 2017
  2. Beeleigh Weir Elver Traps3 siteslatest 21 Oct 2023
  3. Blakeney Brook (Blackpool Brook)2 siteslatest 28 Jul 2021
  4. Main Avill2 siteslatest 10 Apr 2014
  5. Pill River2 siteslatest 15 Sept 2021
  6. River Chelt2 siteslatest 29 Jul 2014
  7. River Little Avon2 siteslatest 26 Sept 2018
  8. River Swilgate2 siteslatest 7 Sept 2021
  9. Rockhampton Rhine2 siteslatest 18 May 2017
  10. Washford River2 siteslatest 7 May 2014
  11. Bere Stream1 sitelatest 2 Sept 2004
  12. Cannington Brook1 sitelatest 15 Aug 2013
  13. Chestle Pill Rhine1 sitelatest 11 Feb 1996
  14. Colnebrook1 sitelatest 24 Apr 2010
  15. Crookhurst Beck (Allonby)1 sitelatest 12 Jun 2014
  16. Doverte Brook1 sitelatest 1 Jul 2015
  17. Eel Survey1 sitelatest 23 Apr 2014
  18. Epney Rhyne1 sitelatest 7 Jun 2018
  19. Fleet1 sitelatest 7 Jun 2013
  20. Glynch Brook1 sitelatest 1 Aug 2018
  21. Great Ouse (Brampton to Earith)1 sitelatest 18 Jun 2023
  22. Hatherley Brook1 sitelatest 28 Aug 2013
  23. Hawk Combe Stream1 sitelatest 17 Jul 2015
  24. King's Sedgemoor Drain1 sitelatest 13 Apr 2022
  25. Langford Brook1 sitelatest 17 Sept 1999
  26. Longhope Brook (Westbury Brook)1 sitelatest 3 Sept 2013
  27. Main Doniford Stream1 sitelatest 9 Apr 1999
  28. Main Horner Water1 sitelatest 23 Apr 2014
  29. Main River Parrett1 sitelatest 15 Aug 2013
  30. Main River Sheppey1 sitelatest 20 Aug 1991
  31. Main River Tone1 sitelatest 4 Sept 2014
  32. Main River Yeo (Wessex)1 sitelatest 22 Jun 1993
  33. Mill Brook1 sitelatest 1 Jul 2013
  34. Morton Brook1 sitelatest 7 Jun 1995
  35. River Char1 sitelatest 5 Sept 2013
  36. River Ebble1 sitelatest 11 Sept 2013
  37. River Frome (West Midlands)1 sitelatest 7 Sept 2018
  38. River Hartlake1 sitelatest 19 Sept 1991
  39. River Hull eel surveys1 sitelatest 7 Jun 2013
  40. River Stour Lower (IoH Stratford to Flatford)1 sitelatest 13 Oct 2023
  41. River Trym1 sitelatest 19 Jun 2014
  42. River Twyver1 sitelatest 31 May 2016
  43. River Wey1 sitelatest 14 Aug 2009
  44. Roding1 sitelatest 13 Sept 2006
  45. Roman River (Main Reaches)1 sitelatest 24 Oct 2019
  46. Sea Trout Survey, Doniford Stream1 sitelatest 13 Oct 2006
  47. Tirle Brook1 sitelatest 4 Jul 2013

Distribution

By ecology region

  • Wessex31 sites
  • West Midlands18 sites
  • East Anglia6 sites
  • Hertfordshire and North London2 sites
  • Yorkshire1 sites
  • East Midlands1 sites
  • Cumbria and Lancashire1 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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