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Cobitis taenia · England

Where spined loach has been recorded

Environment Agency surveys have recorded spined loach at 486 sites across 168 waters, between 1984 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. Counter Drain19 siteslatest 9 May 2019
  2. River Stour Middle (East Anglia)19 siteslatest 11 Aug 2025
  3. River Stour Upper (East Anglia)11 siteslatest 18 Sept 2024
  4. Tove11 siteslatest 15 Apr 2026
  5. Trent (East Midlands)10 siteslatest 4 Oct 2023
  6. Great Ouse (Brackley to Newport Pagnell)9 siteslatest 8 Oct 2019
  7. Great Ouse (Newport Pagnell to Bedford)9 siteslatest 17 Oct 2017
  8. R.Ancholme Subcatchments9 siteslatest 9 Jun 2011
  9. River Mease8 siteslatest 27 May 2026
  10. River Stour Lower (IoH Stratford to Flatford)8 siteslatest 15 Jul 2025
  11. Nar7 siteslatest 14 Mar 2017
  12. Ouzel7 siteslatest 5 Aug 2025
  13. South Forty Foot Drain7 siteslatest 24 Apr 2019
  14. Elstow Brook6 siteslatest 29 Aug 2024
  15. Old West River6 siteslatest 14 Sept 2017
  16. River Tame6 siteslatest 14 Aug 2014
  17. Soar6 siteslatest 25 Apr 2016
  18. Sapiston (Black Bourn)6 siteslatest 7 Sept 2012
  19. Tinwell to Peakirk6 siteslatest 16 Oct 2024
  20. West Fen Catchwater6 siteslatest 2 May 2013
  21. Above Tinwell5 siteslatest 6 Oct 2016
  22. Brampton Branch5 siteslatest 2 Nov 1995
  23. Cut-Off Channel5 siteslatest 21 Jun 2023
  24. East Fen Catchwater5 siteslatest 17 May 2006
  25. Great Ouse (Brampton to Earith)5 siteslatest 21 Oct 2025
  26. Lower Glen5 siteslatest 14 May 2008
  27. R.Slea5 siteslatest 6 Oct 2017
  28. River Anker5 siteslatest 30 Apr 2026
  29. River Sow5 siteslatest 12 Jun 2018
  30. River Trent (West Midlands)5 siteslatest 25 Jun 2014
  31. Relief Channel (East Anglia)5 siteslatest 7 Aug 2017
  32. Steeping FMU5 siteslatest 8 Sept 2009
  33. U/S Bardney5 siteslatest 12 Jun 2007
  34. U/S Tattershall Bridge5 siteslatest 4 Jun 2014
  35. US Cam5 siteslatest 26 Jul 2013
  36. West Fen Drain5 siteslatest 24 Jun 2016
  37. Witham Bargate (upper) Subcatchment5 siteslatest 3 May 2017
  38. Barlings Eau4 siteslatest 6 Jul 2010
  39. Claydon Brook4 siteslatest 2 Aug 2016
  40. Idle4 siteslatest 11 Apr 2017
  41. Medlam Drain4 siteslatest 17 Jun 2016
  42. Moretons Leam4 siteslatest 6 Nov 2025
  43. North Level Main Drain4 siteslatest 15 Apr 2019
  44. South Drove Drain4 siteslatest 9 Oct 2003
  45. Trader/Maud Foster Drain4 siteslatest 12 Jul 2011
  46. US Lt Ouse4 siteslatest 2 Oct 2012
  47. Above Wellingborough3 siteslatest 4 Jun 2015
  48. Below Wansford3 siteslatest 21 Jun 2010
  49. Bottisham Lode3 siteslatest 23 Feb 2012
  50. Derwent (East Midlands)3 siteslatest 3 Aug 2012
  51. DS Wissey3 siteslatest 4 Jul 1996
  52. Delph3 siteslatest 30 Nov 2011
  53. Hobhole Drain3 siteslatest 29 Apr 2009
  54. Padbury Brook3 siteslatest 18 Jul 2016
  55. R.Brant3 siteslatest 24 Apr 2017
  56. River Penk3 siteslatest 25 Jun 2024
  57. Rhee3 siteslatest 30 Apr 2010
  58. Till (Lincs) Subcatchment3 siteslatest 2 May 2014
  59. Watton Brook3 siteslatest 24 Apr 2015
  60. Above Oundle2 siteslatest 11 Jun 2009
  61. Alconbury Brook2 siteslatest 4 Apr 2011
  62. BIAM2 siteslatest 5 Jul 2011
  63. Billinghay Skirth2 siteslatest 3 Jun 2014
  64. Burwell Lode2 siteslatest 9 Jun 2026
  65. Castle Dyke2 siteslatest 10 Aug 2011
  66. D/S Peakirk Road Bridge Site 1 (Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire)2 siteslatest 18 Nov 2008
  67. Devon2 siteslatest 27 Jun 2017
  68. DS Lark2 siteslatest 14 Sept 2015
  69. DS Lt Ouse2 siteslatest 24 May 2012
  70. Diddington Brook2 siteslatest 20 Sept 2010
  71. Ely Ouse2 siteslatest 3 Oct 2017
  72. Fleet2 siteslatest 20 Jun 2023
  73. Farroway Drain2 siteslatest 25 Jul 2000
  74. Frith Bank Drain2 siteslatest 4 Jul 2013
  75. Granta2 siteslatest 29 Oct 1993
  76. Great Ouse (East Anglia)2 siteslatest 17 Jul 2008
  77. Henny Brook2 siteslatest 12 Mar 2010
  78. Ivel2 siteslatest 30 Apr 2025
  79. Kings Dyke2 siteslatest 28 Oct 2025
  80. Lake Surveys2 siteslatest 17 Feb 2010

Distribution

By ecology region

  • East Anglia227 sites
  • Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire176 sites
  • East Midlands42 sites
  • West Midlands37 sites
  • Yorkshire4 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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