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Phoxinus phoxinus · England

Where minnow has been recorded

Environment Agency surveys have recorded minnow at 3,666 sites across 973 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. Test54 siteslatest 9 Oct 2025
  2. Warwickshire Avon49 siteslatest 6 Oct 2025
  3. River Wear (North East)43 siteslatest 9 Sept 2025
  4. Lugg41 siteslatest 10 Oct 2023
  5. River Tees (North East)38 siteslatest 9 Oct 2025
  6. Lymington32 siteslatest 17 Sept 2025
  7. Main River Torridge31 siteslatest 16 Jul 2025
  8. River Wansbeck30 siteslatest 22 Jun 2026
  9. Main Avon Sites (Wessex)29 siteslatest 8 Oct 2025
  10. Wensum (central)29 siteslatest 10 Sept 2025
  11. Itchen (Solent and South Downs)28 siteslatest 5 Sept 2025
  12. River Coquet (North East)28 siteslatest 17 Jun 2026
  13. Main River Exe24 siteslatest 31 Jul 2025
  14. River Don23 siteslatest 12 Aug 2025
  15. Main river sites22 siteslatest 18 Sept 2025
  16. River Aire (Yorkshire)22 siteslatest 1 Jul 2026
  17. River Blackwater (East Anglia)22 siteslatest 8 Nov 2023
  18. River Ure Tributaries (Yorkshire)21 siteslatest 23 Sept 2025
  19. River Aln20 siteslatest 23 Jun 2026
  20. River Leadon20 siteslatest 4 Aug 2022
  21. Roding20 siteslatest 23 Apr 2026
  22. Bow Brook19 siteslatest 26 May 2017
  23. Main River Axe (Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly)19 siteslatest 7 Jun 2024
  24. River Arrow (West Midlands)19 siteslatest 21 May 2025
  25. River Stour Upper (East Anglia)19 siteslatest 23 Sept 2024
  26. Great Ouse (Brackley to Newport Pagnell)18 siteslatest 21 Apr 2026
  27. Wye (East Midlands)18 siteslatest 6 Oct 2022
  28. Arun (Solent and South Downs)17 siteslatest 10 Sept 2025
  29. Great Ouse (Newport Pagnell to Bedford)17 siteslatest 31 Aug 2023
  30. Main Tamar17 siteslatest 6 Aug 2025
  31. River Colne Lower (East Anglia)17 siteslatest 2 Jun 2026
  32. Severn - Confl Vyrnwy to Bewdley (main river)17 siteslatest 19 Sept 2023
  33. Beaulieu16 siteslatest 29 Jul 2025
  34. Main River Parrett16 siteslatest 24 Jul 2025
  35. Main River Yeo (Wessex)16 siteslatest 21 Aug 2024
  36. Medway - main river16 siteslatest 23 Oct 2025
  37. River Dearne16 siteslatest 2 Jul 2026
  38. River Nidd (Yorkshire)16 siteslatest 21 Aug 2025
  39. River Teme16 siteslatest 11 Sept 2023
  40. River Ure (Yorkshire)16 siteslatest 8 Sept 2025
  41. Wensum (Restoration strategy)16 siteslatest 1 May 2025
  42. Bollin15 siteslatest 13 Aug 2025
  43. Lee (Hertfordshire and North London)15 siteslatest 9 Jun 2026
  44. Ouzel15 siteslatest 16 Apr 2026
  45. River Derwent (Yorkshire)15 siteslatest 11 Aug 2025
  46. River Stour Middle (East Anglia)15 siteslatest 11 Aug 2025
  47. Arrow (West Midlands)14 siteslatest 12 Aug 2024
  48. Main River Barle14 siteslatest 9 Jul 2025
  49. Main River Brue14 siteslatest 2 Jun 2023
  50. River Leam14 siteslatest 25 May 2023
  51. River Chelmer Upper (Main Reaches)14 siteslatest 1 Oct 2025
  52. River Dane14 siteslatest 8 Jul 2024
  53. River Etherow14 siteslatest 11 Jun 2025
  54. River Nadder14 siteslatest 26 Jun 2025
  55. River Taw sites14 siteslatest 9 Sept 2025
  56. South Tyne (North East)14 siteslatest 29 Jul 2025
  57. Trent (East Midlands)14 siteslatest 19 Sept 2025
  58. Irwell13 siteslatest 3 Aug 2015
  59. Ouse (Solent and South Downs)13 siteslatest 14 Aug 2024
  60. River Alne13 siteslatest 30 Aug 2016
  61. River Brett (Main Reaches)13 siteslatest 9 Apr 2026
  62. River Derwent (Cumbria and Lancashire)13 siteslatest 15 Jul 2025
  63. River Rede13 siteslatest 7 Jul 2025
  64. River Uck13 siteslatest 14 Aug 2025
  65. Meon12 siteslatest 5 Aug 2025
  66. River Pant (Main Reaches)12 siteslatest 24 Oct 2023
  67. River Stour (West Midlands)12 siteslatest 2 Oct 2025
  68. River Wid (Main Reaches)12 siteslatest 17 Oct 2019
  69. Soar12 siteslatest 19 Jun 2026
  70. Western Rother (Solent and South Downs)12 siteslatest 16 Jun 2026
  71. Yare12 siteslatest 17 Aug 2023
  72. Ash (Hertfordshire and North London)11 siteslatest 18 Sept 2025
  73. Ivel11 siteslatest 8 Oct 2025
  74. Main Inny11 siteslatest 21 Aug 2025
  75. Main River Isle11 siteslatest 30 Jun 2022
  76. River Allen (Wessex)11 siteslatest 23 Jul 2024
  77. River Calder11 siteslatest 14 Aug 2025
  78. River Hull11 siteslatest 29 Sept 2025
  79. River Kennet11 siteslatest 14 Oct 2025
  80. Tove11 siteslatest 15 Apr 2026

Distribution

By ecology region

  • East Anglia564 sites
  • West Midlands556 sites
  • Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly499 sites
  • Yorkshire345 sites
  • Solent and South Downs326 sites
  • North East326 sites
  • Wessex301 sites
  • Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire150 sites
  • Hertfordshire and North London138 sites
  • Greater Manchester Merseyside and Cheshire131 sites
  • East Midlands129 sites
  • Kent, South London and East Sussex116 sites
  • Thames68 sites
  • Cumbria and Lancashire17 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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