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Cyprinus carpio · England

Where mirror carp has been recorded

Environment Agency surveys have recorded mirror carp at 448 sites across 176 waters, between 1983 and 2025. 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 Lakes99 siteslatest 8 Dec 2009
  2. Middle Thames (Thames)10 siteslatest 28 Jul 2012
  3. River Blackwater (East Anglia)10 siteslatest 26 Sept 2002
  4. River Chelmer Lower (C&B Navigation)8 siteslatest 18 Jul 2016
  5. River Gipping (Main Reaches)8 siteslatest 16 Apr 2009
  6. Lake Surveys7 siteslatest 13 Mar 2006
  7. River Chelmer Upper (Main Reaches)7 siteslatest 16 Oct 2006
  8. River Colne Lower (East Anglia)6 siteslatest 29 Apr 2005
  9. South Holland Main Drain6 siteslatest 28 Apr 2016
  10. US Lark6 siteslatest 29 Jun 2007
  11. Elmhurst Lake5 siteslatest 16 Dec 2002
  12. Lee (Hertfordshire and North London)5 siteslatest 22 Mar 2012
  13. Mardyke5 siteslatest 4 Jun 2019
  14. River Pant (Main Reaches)5 siteslatest 16 Aug 2005
  15. River Stour Middle (East Anglia)5 siteslatest 16 Aug 2006
  16. Stillwaters5 siteslatest 25 Jan 2017
  17. Grand Union Canal4 siteslatest 24 Nov 1993
  18. Holland Brook (Main Reaches)4 siteslatest 25 Nov 1999
  19. Ivel4 siteslatest 3 May 2005
  20. River Cherwell4 siteslatest 21 Jun 2018
  21. River Kennet4 siteslatest 4 Nov 2008
  22. River Stour Lower (IoH Stratford to Flatford)4 siteslatest 17 Jun 2003
  23. Wandle4 siteslatest 26 Jun 2019
  24. Waveney (central)4 siteslatest 26 Jun 2003
  25. Above Wellingborough3 siteslatest 30 Jun 2008
  26. Adur East Arm3 siteslatest 17 Jul 2024
  27. Adur West Arm3 siteslatest 15 Apr 2014
  28. Arborfield3 siteslatest 17 Jun 2008
  29. Colne (Hertfordshire and North London)3 siteslatest 20 Jun 2024
  30. Dandy's Lake3 siteslatest 11 Feb 2020
  31. Gade3 siteslatest 19 Sept 2008
  32. Lee Navigation (Hertfordshire and North London)3 siteslatest 8 Jul 2025
  33. Lower Glen3 siteslatest 9 Mar 2011
  34. Main Avon Sites (Wessex)3 siteslatest 5 Jun 2007
  35. Main river sites3 siteslatest 13 May 2004
  36. Ouse (Solent and South Downs)3 siteslatest 25 Jul 2024
  37. River Blythe3 siteslatest 15 Aug 2006
  38. River Trent (West Midlands)3 siteslatest 16 Jun 2009
  39. River Brett (Main Reaches)3 siteslatest 29 Apr 1997
  40. River Dearne3 siteslatest 17 Jun 2022
  41. River Stour Upper (East Anglia)3 siteslatest 19 Sept 2006
  42. River Wid (Main Reaches)3 siteslatest 2 Jan 2002
  43. TWARP reaches of the Thames3 siteslatest 21 Jul 2012
  44. Upper Thames (Thames)3 siteslatest 15 Jul 2019
  45. Wensum (central)3 siteslatest 22 Sept 2009
  46. Above Wansford2 siteslatest 6 Sept 1989
  47. Bure (central)2 siteslatest 22 Jun 2009
  48. DS Lark2 siteslatest 7 Jul 1993
  49. East Hampshire2 siteslatest 10 May 2013
  50. Great Ouse (Bedford to Brampton)2 siteslatest 6 Jul 1992
  51. Great Ouse (Brampton to Earith)2 siteslatest 8 Sept 1992
  52. Ladywell Park.2 siteslatest 7 May 2013
  53. Medway - main river2 siteslatest 28 Aug 2025
  54. R.Ancholme Subcatchments2 siteslatest 16 Aug 1989
  55. River Churnet2 siteslatest 29 Sept 1998
  56. Ramsey River2 siteslatest 8 Dec 1994
  57. Reach below Warkton2 siteslatest 14 Jul 1998
  58. River Lostock2 siteslatest 14 Feb 1999
  59. River Thame2 siteslatest 2 Sept 2010
  60. Roding2 siteslatest 11 Apr 2019
  61. Soar2 siteslatest 15 Apr 2004
  62. Severn - Bewdley to confl Avon (main river)2 siteslatest 19 Mar 2020
  63. Shepperton - Sunbury2 siteslatest 5 Sept 2014
  64. Silver Springs Lakes2 siteslatest 23 Nov 2017
  65. Sunbury - Molesey2 siteslatest 15 Sept 2010
  66. Temple - Marlow2 siteslatest 1 Aug 2022
  67. Trader/Maud Foster Drain2 siteslatest 8 Jun 2010
  68. Warwickshire Avon2 siteslatest 21 Jun 1983
  69. Western Rother (Solent and South Downs)2 siteslatest 13 Jul 2006
  70. Wilts & Berks Canal2 siteslatest 7 Apr 2010
  71. Amber1 sitelatest 25 Jul 2011
  72. Aldingbourne Rife1 sitelatest 13 Jun 2025
  73. Arun (Solent and South Downs)1 sitelatest 28 Jul 2005
  74. Asheldham Brook1 sitelatest 24 Apr 2003
  75. Batts Bridge Stream1 sitelatest 30 Apr 2013
  76. Beam1 sitelatest 15 Oct 2013
  77. Belchamp Brook (Main Reaches)1 sitelatest 20 May 1997
  78. Below Wansford1 sitelatest 16 Jun 2005
  79. Berwick Brook1 sitelatest 29 Aug 2007
  80. Beult1 sitelatest 6 Jul 2001

Distribution

By ecology region

  • Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire138 sites
  • East Anglia132 sites
  • Thames46 sites
  • Solent and South Downs27 sites
  • West Midlands25 sites
  • Hertfordshire and North London20 sites
  • Kent, South London and East Sussex17 sites
  • Wessex14 sites
  • East Midlands10 sites
  • Yorkshire9 sites
  • Cumbria and Lancashire5 sites
  • North East2 sites
  • Greater Manchester Merseyside and Cheshire2 sites
  • Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly1 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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