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Abramis bjoerkna · England

Where silver bream has been recorded

Environment Agency surveys have recorded silver bream at 891 sites across 259 waters, between 1981 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. Lincolnshire Lakes51 siteslatest 6 Dec 2011
  2. R.Ancholme Subcatchments26 siteslatest 9 Jun 2011
  3. River Ouse (Yorkshire)19 siteslatest 8 Jul 2024
  4. Great Ouse (Brampton to Earith)18 siteslatest 29 Sept 2016
  5. Upper Thames (Thames)17 siteslatest 26 Sept 2025
  6. TWARP reaches of the Thames16 siteslatest 10 Jul 2025
  7. Great Ouse (Bedford to Brampton)15 siteslatest 19 Aug 2015
  8. Great Ouse (Newport Pagnell to Bedford)13 siteslatest 26 Sept 2001
  9. Middle Thames (Thames)12 siteslatest 27 Jul 2022
  10. Oxford Watercourses12 siteslatest 27 Aug 2014
  11. Relief Channel (East Anglia)12 siteslatest 30 Aug 2005
  12. South Forty Foot Drain12 siteslatest 23 May 2013
  13. DS Wissey11 siteslatest 6 Aug 2024
  14. Counter Drain10 siteslatest 25 Apr 2017
  15. Cut-Off Channel10 siteslatest 22 Jun 2023
  16. DS Cam10 siteslatest 17 Aug 2016
  17. DS Lark10 siteslatest 15 Sept 2015
  18. DS Lt Ouse10 siteslatest 27 Jun 2012
  19. Ely Ouse10 siteslatest 19 Sept 2023
  20. Main River Parrett10 siteslatest 9 Aug 2023
  21. River Nene (Old Course)10 siteslatest 5 Jul 2023
  22. South Holland Main Drain10 siteslatest 8 Jun 2012
  23. Delph9 siteslatest 27 Jun 2023
  24. Old West River9 siteslatest 7 Sept 2023
  25. Steeping FMU9 siteslatest 15 Jul 2010
  26. Great Eau FMU8 siteslatest 2 Oct 1996
  27. Hobhole Drain8 siteslatest 6 Sept 2012
  28. Middle Level Main Drain8 siteslatest 1 Aug 2023
  29. Peakirk downstream8 siteslatest 24 Sept 1996
  30. Rmc8 siteslatest 14 May 2024
  31. Sixteen Foot Drain8 siteslatest 5 Jul 2011
  32. Above Wansford7 siteslatest 15 Sept 2011
  33. Below Wansford7 siteslatest 21 Jun 2010
  34. Medway - main river7 siteslatest 25 Jul 2023
  35. Moretons Leam7 siteslatest 1 Jun 2007
  36. Well Creek7 siteslatest 14 May 2026
  37. West Fen Drain7 siteslatest 9 Jul 2013
  38. Forty Foot Drain6 siteslatest 18 Jul 2023
  39. King's Sedgemoor Drain6 siteslatest 13 Apr 2022
  40. Long Eau FMU6 siteslatest 23 Sept 1996
  41. North Level Main Drain6 siteslatest 8 Apr 2019
  42. R.Slea6 siteslatest 5 Jul 2011
  43. River Don6 siteslatest 24 Jul 2024
  44. Trent (East Midlands)6 siteslatest 22 Sept 2016
  45. Twenty Foot Drain6 siteslatest 10 May 2023
  46. U/S Tattershall Bridge6 siteslatest 3 Sept 2009
  47. East Fen Catchwater5 siteslatest 17 May 2006
  48. Fossdyke Navigation Canal5 siteslatest 24 Jul 2012
  49. Grand Union Canal5 siteslatest 23 Dec 1993
  50. Lee Navigation (Hertfordshire and North London)5 siteslatest 9 Jul 2024
  51. Little South Holland Drain5 siteslatest 11 Apr 2019
  52. Long Eau Riffles5 siteslatest 19 Sept 1996
  53. Main River Brue5 siteslatest 5 Jul 2011
  54. River Ure (Yorkshire)5 siteslatest 13 Jul 2007
  55. Sincil Dyke5 siteslatest 27 Sept 2007
  56. Trader/Maud Foster Drain5 siteslatest 1 May 2019
  57. U/S Bardney5 siteslatest 28 Jun 2010
  58. U/S Boston5 siteslatest 27 Jul 2006
  59. West Fen Catchwater5 siteslatest 26 Apr 2019
  60. Witham Bargate (upper) Subcatchment5 siteslatest 13 Sept 2010
  61. Colne (Hertfordshire and North London)4 siteslatest 27 Jun 2024
  62. Fodder Dyke4 siteslatest 27 Jun 1996
  63. Huntspill/South Drain Catchment4 siteslatest 20 Apr 2023
  64. Idle4 siteslatest 8 May 2014
  65. Kings Dyke4 siteslatest 4 Aug 2023
  66. Louth Canal4 siteslatest 9 Aug 2012
  67. Medlam Drain4 siteslatest 26 Jun 2013
  68. Relief Channel (Trawling Sites)4 siteslatest 3 Nov 2005
  69. River Aire (Yorkshire)4 siteslatest 21 Jun 2010
  70. River Cherwell4 siteslatest 9 Jul 2014
  71. Sowy River4 siteslatest 8 Jul 2014
  72. Whittlesey Dyke4 siteslatest 12 Jul 2023
  73. Bellwater Drain3 siteslatest 24 Jun 1996
  74. Benson - Cleeve (Margin)3 siteslatest 7 Jul 2013
  75. Bottisham Lode3 siteslatest 23 Feb 2012
  76. Bristol Avon main river3 siteslatest 23 Aug 2023
  77. Burwell Lode3 siteslatest 11 Jun 2014
  78. Lake Surveys3 siteslatest 9 Dec 2009
  79. Lower Glen3 siteslatest 6 Apr 2009
  80. Lower Parrett Dredge Surveys3 siteslatest 27 Jun 2014

Distribution

By ecology region

  • Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire332 sites
  • East Anglia261 sites
  • Thames81 sites
  • Yorkshire52 sites
  • Wessex50 sites
  • Kent, South London and East Sussex28 sites
  • East Midlands23 sites
  • West Midlands21 sites
  • Hertfordshire and North London19 sites
  • Solent and South Downs14 sites
  • Greater Manchester Merseyside and Cheshire6 sites
  • Cumbria and Lancashire3 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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