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Scardinius erythrophthalmus · England

Where rudd varieties has been recorded

Environment Agency surveys have recorded rudd varieties at 86 sites across 59 waters, between 1978 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. Rmc5 siteslatest 30 Jun 2007
  2. Grand Union Canal4 siteslatest 29 Mar 1988
  3. Lee (Hertfordshire and North London)4 siteslatest 8 Jul 2009
  4. Lee Navigation (Hertfordshire and North London)4 siteslatest 13 Aug 2024
  5. Beane3 siteslatest 13 May 2008
  6. Beult3 siteslatest 9 Jun 2009
  7. River Derwent (Yorkshire)3 siteslatest 12 Sept 2007
  8. Great Stour - main river2 siteslatest 5 Sept 2007
  9. Medway - main river2 siteslatest 14 May 2007
  10. North Level Main Drain2 siteslatest 11 Apr 2012
  11. Ouse (Solent and South Downs)2 siteslatest 25 Oct 2011
  12. Roding2 siteslatest 22 Jun 2010
  13. Rother - main river2 siteslatest 7 Aug 2007
  14. Severn - Confl Vyrnwy to Bewdley (main river)2 siteslatest 15 Jul 2009
  15. Wantsum2 siteslatest 22 Sept 2006
  16. Brede1 sitelatest 30 Jul 2007
  17. Brent1 sitelatest 14 Oct 2005
  18. Broxbourne Mill Stream1 sitelatest 24 Oct 2007
  19. Cheddar Yeo1 sitelatest 16 Jul 2013
  20. Cobbins Brook1 sitelatest 12 Apr 2012
  21. Eden1 sitelatest 12 Jul 2006
  22. Garren Brook1 sitelatest 29 Aug 2013
  23. Glaze1 sitelatest 20 May 2008
  24. Gowy1 sitelatest 13 May 2008
  25. Great Ouse (Brampton to Earith)1 sitelatest 19 Jul 2005
  26. Iron River1 sitelatest 15 Jul 2011
  27. King's Sedgemoor Drain1 sitelatest 14 Apr 2011
  28. Leybourne Stream1 sitelatest 29 Aug 2007
  29. Main river sites1 sitelatest 14 Jun 2016
  30. MainTyne1 sitelatest 26 Nov 2024
  31. Mersey1 sitelatest 28 Oct 2007
  32. Mimram1 sitelatest 21 Sept 2010
  33. Misbourne1 sitelatest 13 May 2011
  34. Monktonmead Brook1 sitelatest 25 Jan 2019
  35. North Drove Drain1 sitelatest 12 Apr 2012
  36. Old River Lea1 sitelatest 5 May 2010
  37. Powmaughan1 sitelatest 9 May 2012
  38. R.Bain1 sitelatest 11 Apr 2012
  39. River Leam1 sitelatest 9 Sept 2009
  40. River Tame1 sitelatest 30 Jun 2008
  41. Reach Above Warkton1 sitelatest 24 May 2012
  42. Rib1 sitelatest 30 Sept 2008
  43. River Calder catchment1 sitelatest 11 Jan 2008
  44. River Don1 sitelatest 1 Jul 2011
  45. River Don catchment1 sitelatest 15 Jan 2008
  46. River Dove (West Midlands)1 sitelatest 8 Aug 2007
  47. River Salwarpe1 sitelatest 21 Oct 2008
  48. River Uck1 sitelatest 8 Sept 2011
  49. Stillwaters1 sitelatest 7 Dec 2011
  50. Severn - Bewdley to confl Avon (main river)1 sitelatest 25 Apr 2019
  51. Shopham1 sitelatest 25 Oct 2013
  52. Shrewsbury Town1 sitelatest 6 Jul 2009
  53. Stort (Hertfordshire and North London)1 sitelatest 26 Sept 2005
  54. Tenpenny Brook1 sitelatest 24 Feb 2014
  55. Werrington Brook1 sitelatest 6 Nov 2025
  56. West Fen Catchwater1 sitelatest 17 May 2012
  57. Wey Combined1 sitelatest 11 Sept 2007
  58. Wey South1 sitelatest 2 Jul 2008
  59. Wilts & Berks Canal1 sitelatest 7 Apr 2010

Distribution

By ecology region

  • Hertfordshire and North London25 sites
  • Kent, South London and East Sussex19 sites
  • West Midlands8 sites
  • Yorkshire7 sites
  • Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire7 sites
  • Solent and South Downs6 sites
  • Wessex3 sites
  • Thames3 sites
  • Greater Manchester Merseyside and Cheshire3 sites
  • East Anglia2 sites
  • North East1 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