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.
- Rmc5 siteslatest 30 Jun 2007
- Grand Union Canal4 siteslatest 29 Mar 1988
- Lee (Hertfordshire and North London)4 siteslatest 8 Jul 2009
- Lee Navigation (Hertfordshire and North London)4 siteslatest 13 Aug 2024
- Beane3 siteslatest 13 May 2008
- Beult3 siteslatest 9 Jun 2009
- River Derwent (Yorkshire)3 siteslatest 12 Sept 2007
- Great Stour - main river2 siteslatest 5 Sept 2007
- Medway - main river2 siteslatest 14 May 2007
- North Level Main Drain2 siteslatest 11 Apr 2012
- Ouse (Solent and South Downs)2 siteslatest 25 Oct 2011
- Roding2 siteslatest 22 Jun 2010
- Rother - main river2 siteslatest 7 Aug 2007
- Severn - Confl Vyrnwy to Bewdley (main river)2 siteslatest 15 Jul 2009
- Wantsum2 siteslatest 22 Sept 2006
- Brede1 sitelatest 30 Jul 2007
- Brent1 sitelatest 14 Oct 2005
- Broxbourne Mill Stream1 sitelatest 24 Oct 2007
- Cheddar Yeo1 sitelatest 16 Jul 2013
- Cobbins Brook1 sitelatest 12 Apr 2012
- Eden1 sitelatest 12 Jul 2006
- Garren Brook1 sitelatest 29 Aug 2013
- Glaze1 sitelatest 20 May 2008
- Gowy1 sitelatest 13 May 2008
- Great Ouse (Brampton to Earith)1 sitelatest 19 Jul 2005
- Iron River1 sitelatest 15 Jul 2011
- King's Sedgemoor Drain1 sitelatest 14 Apr 2011
- Leybourne Stream1 sitelatest 29 Aug 2007
- Main river sites1 sitelatest 14 Jun 2016
- MainTyne1 sitelatest 26 Nov 2024
- Mersey1 sitelatest 28 Oct 2007
- Mimram1 sitelatest 21 Sept 2010
- Misbourne1 sitelatest 13 May 2011
- Monktonmead Brook1 sitelatest 25 Jan 2019
- North Drove Drain1 sitelatest 12 Apr 2012
- Old River Lea1 sitelatest 5 May 2010
- Powmaughan1 sitelatest 9 May 2012
- R.Bain1 sitelatest 11 Apr 2012
- River Leam1 sitelatest 9 Sept 2009
- River Tame1 sitelatest 30 Jun 2008
- Reach Above Warkton1 sitelatest 24 May 2012
- Rib1 sitelatest 30 Sept 2008
- River Calder catchment1 sitelatest 11 Jan 2008
- River Don1 sitelatest 1 Jul 2011
- River Don catchment1 sitelatest 15 Jan 2008
- River Dove (West Midlands)1 sitelatest 8 Aug 2007
- River Salwarpe1 sitelatest 21 Oct 2008
- River Uck1 sitelatest 8 Sept 2011
- Stillwaters1 sitelatest 7 Dec 2011
- Severn - Bewdley to confl Avon (main river)1 sitelatest 25 Apr 2019
- Shopham1 sitelatest 25 Oct 2013
- Shrewsbury Town1 sitelatest 6 Jul 2009
- Stort (Hertfordshire and North London)1 sitelatest 26 Sept 2005
- Tenpenny Brook1 sitelatest 24 Feb 2014
- Werrington Brook1 sitelatest 6 Nov 2025
- West Fen Catchwater1 sitelatest 17 May 2012
- Wey Combined1 sitelatest 11 Sept 2007
- Wey South1 sitelatest 2 Jul 2008
- 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