Historic monitoring evidence · Environment Agency
Lifton Playing Field
Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly · 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 Jul 1992
- Latest record
- 8 Sept 2025
- Survey events
- 26
Atlantic salmon
Salmo salar- First record
- 9 Jul 1992
- Latest record
- 8 Sept 2025
- Survey events
- 26
Bullhead
Cottus gobio- First record
- 20 Aug 1993
- Latest record
- 8 Sept 2025
- Survey events
- 22
Stone loach
Barbatula barbatula- First record
- 20 Aug 1993
- Latest record
- 8 Sept 2025
- Survey events
- 22
European eels > elvers
Anguilla anguilla- First record
- 20 Aug 1993
- Latest record
- 8 Sept 2025
- Survey events
- 15
Minnow
Phoxinus phoxinus- First record
- 17 Jul 2002
- Latest record
- 8 Sept 2025
- Survey events
- 10
European elvers
Anguilla anguilla- First record
- 18 Aug 2015
- Latest record
- 8 Sept 2025
- Survey events
- 6
Brook lamprey ammocoetes
Lampetra planeri- First record
- 21 Sept 2016
- Latest record
- 8 Sept 2025
- Survey events
- 6
Grayling
Thymallus thymallus- First record
- 21 Jun 1996
- Latest record
- 11 Jul 2024
- Survey events
- 6
Brook lamprey
Lampetra planeri- First record
- 19 Jun 2009
- Latest record
- 19 Jun 2009
- Survey events
- 1
European eel
Anguilla anguilla- First record
- 21 Jun 1996
- Latest record
- 5 Sept 2006
- Survey events
- 9
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- 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