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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.

  1. Warwickshire Avon27 siteslatest 11 Apr 2023
  2. Relief Channel (East Anglia)16 siteslatest 9 Aug 2023
  3. Great Ouse (Brampton to Earith)13 siteslatest 27 Sept 2013
  4. River Stour Upper (East Anglia)11 siteslatest 28 Sept 2009
  5. Cut-Off Channel10 siteslatest 22 Apr 2014
  6. Ely Ouse10 siteslatest 10 Oct 2023
  7. River Nene (Old Course)9 siteslatest 7 Jul 2011
  8. Middle Level Main Drain8 siteslatest 1 Aug 2023
  9. Old West River8 siteslatest 14 Sept 2017
  10. Relief Channel (Trawling Sites)8 siteslatest 3 Nov 2005
  11. Sixteen Foot Drain8 siteslatest 24 Aug 1999
  12. Well Creek8 siteslatest 14 May 2026
  13. River Leam7 siteslatest 18 Jun 2008
  14. Below Wansford6 siteslatest 6 Aug 2003
  15. Forty Foot Drain6 siteslatest 1 Jun 2006
  16. Peakirk downstream6 siteslatest 21 Sept 2000
  17. River Stour Middle (East Anglia)6 siteslatest 16 Jul 2013
  18. Twenty Foot Drain6 siteslatest 20 Sept 2011
  19. DS Lark5 siteslatest 15 Sept 2015
  20. Delph5 siteslatest 27 Jun 2023
  21. TWARP reaches of the Thames5 siteslatest 9 Jul 2025
  22. Counter Drain4 siteslatest 19 Nov 2010
  23. DS Cam4 siteslatest 8 Sept 2009
  24. Kings Dyke4 siteslatest 23 Jun 2006
  25. Whittlesey Dyke4 siteslatest 26 Jul 2011
  26. DS Lt Ouse3 siteslatest 29 Jun 1990
  27. Great Ouse (Bedford to Brampton)3 siteslatest 9 Oct 2001
  28. Molesey - Teddington3 siteslatest 8 Sept 2014
  29. River Stour Lower (IoH Stratford to Flatford)3 siteslatest 13 Jun 1991
  30. Bevills Leam2 siteslatest 12 May 1999
  31. Burwell Lode2 siteslatest 16 Apr 1998
  32. Great Raveley Drain2 siteslatest 10 Jun 1999
  33. Lake Surveys2 siteslatest 19 Nov 2008
  34. Lee Navigation (Hertfordshire and North London)2 siteslatest 12 Aug 2019
  35. Lees Brook2 siteslatest 5 Oct 1998
  36. Medway - main river2 siteslatest 18 Jun 2026
  37. Moretons Leam2 siteslatest 15 May 1995
  38. Pipp Brook2 siteslatest 28 Sept 2016
  39. Pophams Eau2 siteslatest 9 Sept 1999
  40. Reach Lode2 siteslatest 19 Jul 2010
  41. Severn - Bewdley to confl Avon (main river)2 siteslatest 22 Apr 2025
  42. Trent (East Midlands)2 siteslatest 20 Sept 2016
  43. Yaxley Lode2 siteslatest 13 May 1999
  44. DS Wissey1 sitelatest 7 Jun 1996
  45. Great Ouse (Newport Pagnell to Bedford)1 sitelatest 4 Sept 2017
  46. Houghton Trout Stream1 sitelatest 17 Oct 1989
  47. Ivel1 sitelatest 11 May 1995
  48. Middle Thames (Thames)1 sitelatest 27 Jul 2022
  49. Oxford Watercourses1 sitelatest 18 Aug 2014
  50. River Tame1 sitelatest 30 Jun 2008
  51. River Blackwater (East Anglia)1 sitelatest 20 Sept 2002
  52. River Cherwell1 sitelatest 11 Jun 2025
  53. River Crouch1 sitelatest 24 Aug 2011
  54. River Gipping (Main Reaches)1 sitelatest 19 Apr 2004
  55. River Ouse (Yorkshire)1 sitelatest 24 Oct 2024
  56. Sedge Fen Drain1 sitelatest 17 Mar 2004
  57. Shepperton - Sunbury1 sitelatest 23 Sept 2008
  58. Smite Brook1 sitelatest 8 Jan 2002
  59. 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