Sander lucioperca · England
Where zander has been recorded
Environment Agency surveys have recorded zander at 260 sites across 59 waters, between 1983 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.
- Warwickshire Avon27 siteslatest 11 Apr 2023
- Relief Channel (East Anglia)16 siteslatest 9 Aug 2023
- Great Ouse (Brampton to Earith)13 siteslatest 27 Sept 2013
- River Stour Upper (East Anglia)11 siteslatest 28 Sept 2009
- Cut-Off Channel10 siteslatest 22 Apr 2014
- Ely Ouse10 siteslatest 10 Oct 2023
- River Nene (Old Course)9 siteslatest 7 Jul 2011
- Middle Level Main Drain8 siteslatest 1 Aug 2023
- Old West River8 siteslatest 14 Sept 2017
- Relief Channel (Trawling Sites)8 siteslatest 3 Nov 2005
- Sixteen Foot Drain8 siteslatest 24 Aug 1999
- Well Creek8 siteslatest 14 May 2026
- River Leam7 siteslatest 18 Jun 2008
- Below Wansford6 siteslatest 6 Aug 2003
- Forty Foot Drain6 siteslatest 1 Jun 2006
- Peakirk downstream6 siteslatest 21 Sept 2000
- River Stour Middle (East Anglia)6 siteslatest 16 Jul 2013
- Twenty Foot Drain6 siteslatest 20 Sept 2011
- DS Lark5 siteslatest 15 Sept 2015
- Delph5 siteslatest 27 Jun 2023
- TWARP reaches of the Thames5 siteslatest 9 Jul 2025
- Counter Drain4 siteslatest 19 Nov 2010
- DS Cam4 siteslatest 8 Sept 2009
- Kings Dyke4 siteslatest 23 Jun 2006
- Whittlesey Dyke4 siteslatest 26 Jul 2011
- DS Lt Ouse3 siteslatest 29 Jun 1990
- Great Ouse (Bedford to Brampton)3 siteslatest 9 Oct 2001
- Molesey - Teddington3 siteslatest 8 Sept 2014
- River Stour Lower (IoH Stratford to Flatford)3 siteslatest 13 Jun 1991
- Bevills Leam2 siteslatest 12 May 1999
- Burwell Lode2 siteslatest 16 Apr 1998
- Great Raveley Drain2 siteslatest 10 Jun 1999
- Lake Surveys2 siteslatest 19 Nov 2008
- Lee Navigation (Hertfordshire and North London)2 siteslatest 12 Aug 2019
- Lees Brook2 siteslatest 5 Oct 1998
- Medway - main river2 siteslatest 18 Jun 2026
- Moretons Leam2 siteslatest 15 May 1995
- Pipp Brook2 siteslatest 28 Sept 2016
- Pophams Eau2 siteslatest 9 Sept 1999
- Reach Lode2 siteslatest 19 Jul 2010
- Severn - Bewdley to confl Avon (main river)2 siteslatest 22 Apr 2025
- Trent (East Midlands)2 siteslatest 20 Sept 2016
- Yaxley Lode2 siteslatest 13 May 1999
- DS Wissey1 sitelatest 7 Jun 1996
- Great Ouse (Newport Pagnell to Bedford)1 sitelatest 4 Sept 2017
- Houghton Trout Stream1 sitelatest 17 Oct 1989
- Ivel1 sitelatest 11 May 1995
- Middle Thames (Thames)1 sitelatest 27 Jul 2022
- Oxford Watercourses1 sitelatest 18 Aug 2014
- River Tame1 sitelatest 30 Jun 2008
- River Blackwater (East Anglia)1 sitelatest 20 Sept 2002
- River Cherwell1 sitelatest 11 Jun 2025
- River Crouch1 sitelatest 24 Aug 2011
- River Gipping (Main Reaches)1 sitelatest 19 Apr 2004
- River Ouse (Yorkshire)1 sitelatest 24 Oct 2024
- Sedge Fen Drain1 sitelatest 17 Mar 2004
- Shepperton - Sunbury1 sitelatest 23 Sept 2008
- Smite Brook1 sitelatest 8 Jan 2002
- Thorney River Inc Counter Drain1 sitelatest 13 Apr 1994
Distribution
By ecology region
- East Anglia186 sites
- West Midlands38 sites
- Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire15 sites
- Thames12 sites
- Kent, South London and East Sussex4 sites
- Hertfordshire and North London2 sites
- East Midlands2 sites
- Yorkshire1 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