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Lampetra fluviatilis · England

Where river lamprey has been recorded

Environment Agency surveys have recorded river lamprey at 97 sites across 57 waters, between 1985 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. River Aln19 siteslatest 19 Sept 2012
  2. River Wear (North East)6 siteslatest 13 Aug 2012
  3. River Pont5 siteslatest 1 Aug 2012
  4. River Leadon4 siteslatest 24 Sept 2009
  5. Gwash2 siteslatest 28 Mar 1996
  6. Maxey Cut2 siteslatest 28 Apr 2014
  7. Nar2 siteslatest 21 Mar 2017
  8. R.Bain2 siteslatest 23 Mar 1994
  9. River Dove (West Midlands)2 siteslatest 3 Oct 2013
  10. River Coquet (North East)2 siteslatest 3 Aug 2010
  11. River Keer2 siteslatest 30 Sept 2025
  12. River Wenning2 siteslatest 22 Oct 2018
  13. Stiffkey2 siteslatest 14 Apr 1988
  14. Tove2 siteslatest 11 Apr 2016
  15. Beaulieu1 sitelatest 25 Sept 2003
  16. Bedburn Beck1 sitelatest 11 Sept 2012
  17. Cant Beck1 sitelatest 25 Aug 2016
  18. Colne Water1 sitelatest 10 Sept 2012
  19. Garren Brook1 sitelatest 28 Sept 2011
  20. Glaven (East Anglia)1 sitelatest 20 Mar 1991
  21. Gowy1 sitelatest 27 Apr 2005
  22. Great Ouse (East Anglia)1 sitelatest 28 Oct 2008
  23. Houxty Burn1 sitelatest 5 Sept 2012
  24. Humber brook1 sitelatest 22 Sept 2011
  25. Kettles Beck1 sitelatest 30 Aug 2017
  26. Kielder Burn1 sitelatest 26 Oct 2011
  27. King Water1 sitelatest 8 Aug 2002
  28. Lugg1 sitelatest 20 Sept 2011
  29. Lymn FMU1 sitelatest 29 Sept 1987
  30. MainTyne1 sitelatest 16 Oct 2010
  31. Meon1 sitelatest 18 Sept 2003
  32. North Tyne1 sitelatest 7 Sept 2012
  33. Ogle Burn1 sitelatest 1 Sept 2012
  34. Old Durham Beck1 sitelatest 13 Aug 2012
  35. Plashetts Burn1 sitelatest 8 Oct 2011
  36. River Manifold1 sitelatest 1 Oct 2013
  37. Riding Mill1 sitelatest 9 Jun 2004
  38. River Aire (Yorkshire)1 sitelatest 18 Sept 2003
  39. River Brock1 sitelatest 3 Aug 2016
  40. River Clun1 sitelatest 27 Sept 2016
  41. River Dee1 sitelatest 19 Sept 2019
  42. River Derwent (Cumbria and Lancashire)1 sitelatest 9 Oct 2012
  43. River Derwent (Yorkshire)1 sitelatest 6 Sept 2002
  44. River Don1 sitelatest 6 Dec 1990
  45. River Frome (West Midlands)1 sitelatest 18 Sept 2014
  46. River Greta1 sitelatest 23 Aug 2013
  47. River Hull1 sitelatest 22 Oct 2007
  48. River Loud1 sitelatest 1 Sept 2015
  49. River Lune1 sitelatest 29 Sept 2006
  50. River Nidd (Yorkshire)1 sitelatest 24 Sept 2015
  51. River Wyre1 sitelatest 25 Jul 2016
  52. South Tyne (North East)1 sitelatest 27 Jul 2012
  53. Stringside Stream1 sitelatest 13 Feb 1990
  54. Swanside Beck1 sitelatest 3 Sept 2013
  55. Tadnoll Brook1 sitelatest 13 Sept 2011
  56. Tas1 sitelatest 19 Apr 2005
  57. Woolston Fish Trap1 sitelatest 9 Nov 2002

Distribution

By ecology region

  • North East43 sites
  • Cumbria and Lancashire15 sites
  • West Midlands12 sites
  • East Anglia10 sites
  • Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire7 sites
  • Yorkshire5 sites
  • Solent and South Downs2 sites
  • Greater Manchester Merseyside and Cheshire2 sites
  • Wessex1 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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