Historic monitoring evidence · Environment Agency
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Wessex · survey site
This page records ecological survey evidence. It is not proof of current fish presence, abundance, fishing quality, access, permission or safety at this location.
Observed taxa
What monitoring recorded here
Taxa are ordered by latest survey date. Counts and records reflect monitoring events, not an angling forecast.
Brown / sea trout
Salmo trutta- First record
- 9 Oct 2001
- Latest record
- 30 Apr 2014
- Survey events
- 8
Bullhead
Cottus gobio- First record
- 9 Oct 2001
- Latest record
- 30 Apr 2014
- Survey events
- 8
Minnow
Phoxinus phoxinus- First record
- 9 Oct 2001
- Latest record
- 30 Apr 2014
- Survey events
- 8
Atlantic salmon
Salmo salar- First record
- 6 Apr 2006
- Latest record
- 30 Apr 2014
- Survey events
- 7
European eels > elvers
Anguilla anguilla- First record
- 15 May 2008
- Latest record
- 30 Apr 2014
- Survey events
- 5
European elvers
Anguilla anguilla- First record
- 9 Oct 2001
- Latest record
- 30 Apr 2014
- Survey events
- 4
3-spined stickleback
Gasterosteus aculeatus- First record
- 21 May 2009
- Latest record
- 30 Apr 2014
- Survey events
- 2
Lamprey sp. ammocoetes
Petromyzontidae- First record
- 28 Sept 2011
- Latest record
- 30 Apr 2014
- Survey events
- 2
Lamprey sp. > ammocoete
Petromyzontidae- First record
- 6 Apr 2006
- Latest record
- 28 Sept 2011
- Survey events
- 4
European glass eels
Anguilla anguilla- First record
- 13 Apr 2007
- Latest record
- 15 May 2008
- Survey events
- 2
Brook lamprey
Lampetra planeri- First record
- 9 Oct 2001
- Latest record
- 15 May 2008
- Survey events
- 2
European eel
Anguilla anguilla- First record
- 9 Oct 2001
- Latest record
- 13 Apr 2007
- Survey events
- 3
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Source, licence and boundary
- SourceEnvironment Agency Ecology & Fish Data
- LicenceOpen Government Licence v3.0
- Source copy retrieved23 Jul 2026
- Terms checked23 Jul 2026
- CoverageHistoric monitoring evidence, separately dated per record
- Not assertedCurrent presence, access, permission, fishing quality or safety