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Barbatula barbatula · England

Where stone loach has been recorded

Environment Agency surveys have recorded stone loach at 4,749 sites across 1,295 waters, between 1975 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. River Wear (North East)49 siteslatest 9 Sept 2025
  2. Test49 siteslatest 9 Oct 2025
  3. River Tees (North East)40 siteslatest 10 Oct 2025
  4. Bollin37 siteslatest 13 Aug 2025
  5. River Wansbeck34 siteslatest 22 Jun 2026
  6. River Coquet (North East)33 siteslatest 17 Jun 2026
  7. Lymington31 siteslatest 17 Sept 2025
  8. Main River Torridge31 siteslatest 16 Jul 2025
  9. Wensum (central)29 siteslatest 10 Sept 2025
  10. Main Avon Sites (Wessex)28 siteslatest 8 Oct 2025
  11. Warwickshire Avon28 siteslatest 10 Jul 2014
  12. Main River Axe (Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly)26 siteslatest 16 Oct 2025
  13. Main River Exe25 siteslatest 31 Jul 2025
  14. South Tyne (North East)25 siteslatest 29 Jul 2025
  15. Lugg24 siteslatest 10 Oct 2023
  16. River Leadon24 siteslatest 4 Aug 2022
  17. Barlings Eau Tributary Sites23 siteslatest 7 Feb 1995
  18. River Aln23 siteslatest 23 Jun 2026
  19. Bow Brook22 siteslatest 6 Aug 2024
  20. River Blackwater (East Anglia)22 siteslatest 8 Nov 2023
  21. River Don21 siteslatest 5 Aug 2025
  22. Main river sites20 siteslatest 18 Sept 2025
  23. River Aire (Yorkshire)20 siteslatest 1 Jul 2026
  24. Itchen (Solent and South Downs)19 siteslatest 4 Sept 2025
  25. River Colne Lower (East Anglia)19 siteslatest 2 Jun 2026
  26. River Rede19 siteslatest 7 Jul 2025
  27. River Stour Middle (East Anglia)19 siteslatest 11 Aug 2025
  28. River Stour Upper (East Anglia)19 siteslatest 23 Sept 2024
  29. River Ure Tributaries (Yorkshire)19 siteslatest 23 Sept 2025
  30. Waveney (central)19 siteslatest 15 Sept 2023
  31. Great Ouse (Brackley to Newport Pagnell)18 siteslatest 12 Jun 2025
  32. Main River Parrett18 siteslatest 24 Jul 2025
  33. Main Tamar18 siteslatest 6 Aug 2025
  34. River Arrow (West Midlands)18 siteslatest 21 May 2025
  35. Beaulieu17 siteslatest 29 Jul 2025
  36. Mimram17 siteslatest 25 Sept 2025
  37. River Dane17 siteslatest 8 Jul 2024
  38. River Teme17 siteslatest 7 Aug 2025
  39. Roding17 siteslatest 23 Apr 2026
  40. Weaver17 siteslatest 6 Jun 2015
  41. Wye (East Midlands)17 siteslatest 6 Oct 2022
  42. Main River Yeo (Wessex)16 siteslatest 30 Jul 2015
  43. Severn - Confl Vyrnwy to Bewdley (main river)16 siteslatest 19 Sept 2023
  44. South Forty Foot Tributary Sites16 siteslatest 21 Dec 1994
  45. US Lark16 siteslatest 17 Jul 2024
  46. Long Eau Riffles15 siteslatest 26 Sept 1996
  47. Main River Barle15 siteslatest 9 Jul 2025
  48. Main River Brue15 siteslatest 23 May 2023
  49. Main River Okement15 siteslatest 17 Sept 2024
  50. Ouse (Solent and South Downs)15 siteslatest 14 Aug 2024
  51. River Calder15 siteslatest 14 Aug 2025
  52. River Deben (Main Reaches)15 siteslatest 21 Apr 2026
  53. River Nidd (Yorkshire)15 siteslatest 21 Aug 2025
  54. Scarrow Beck15 siteslatest 30 Mar 2026
  55. Wensum (Restoration strategy)15 siteslatest 1 May 2025
  56. Yare15 siteslatest 17 Aug 2023
  57. Arrow (West Midlands)14 siteslatest 12 Aug 2024
  58. Arun (Solent and South Downs)14 siteslatest 10 Sept 2025
  59. Medway - main river14 siteslatest 23 Oct 2025
  60. Ouzel14 siteslatest 8 Jul 2019
  61. R.Bain14 siteslatest 14 Jun 2023
  62. River Chelmer Lower (C&B Navigation)14 siteslatest 25 Jun 2025
  63. River Derwent (Cumbria and Lancashire)14 siteslatest 15 Jul 2025
  64. River Esk14 siteslatest 2 Oct 2025
  65. River Sowe14 siteslatest 27 Aug 2025
  66. River Uck14 siteslatest 14 Aug 2025
  67. River Ure (Yorkshire)14 siteslatest 8 Sept 2025
  68. Chess13 siteslatest 7 Oct 2025
  69. Gowy13 siteslatest 16 Apr 2026
  70. Great Stour - main river13 siteslatest 30 Jul 2024
  71. Nar13 siteslatest 3 Mar 2026
  72. River Leam13 siteslatest 4 May 2023
  73. River Chelmer Upper (Main Reaches)13 siteslatest 1 Oct 2025
  74. River Nadder13 siteslatest 24 Jul 2024
  75. River Taw sites13 siteslatest 9 Sept 2025
  76. Western Rother (Solent and South Downs)13 siteslatest 16 Jun 2026
  77. Bure (central)12 siteslatest 17 Jun 2025
  78. Great Ouse (Newport Pagnell to Bedford)12 siteslatest 30 Aug 2023
  79. Main Inny12 siteslatest 21 Aug 2025
  80. River Alne12 siteslatest 30 Aug 2016

Distribution

By ecology region

  • East Anglia941 sites
  • West Midlands624 sites
  • Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly503 sites
  • Yorkshire444 sites
  • North East406 sites
  • Solent and South Downs370 sites
  • Wessex352 sites
  • Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire325 sites
  • Greater Manchester Merseyside and Cheshire251 sites
  • Kent, South London and East Sussex177 sites
  • East Midlands140 sites
  • Hertfordshire and North London127 sites
  • Thames57 sites
  • Cumbria and Lancashire32 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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