Historic monitoring evidence · Environment Agency
The Forge
West Midlands · 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
- 14 Aug 1997
- Latest record
- 12 Aug 2024
- Survey events
- 12
Bullhead
Cottus gobio- First record
- 14 Aug 1997
- Latest record
- 12 Aug 2024
- Survey events
- 12
Minnow
Phoxinus phoxinus- First record
- 14 Aug 1997
- Latest record
- 12 Aug 2024
- Survey events
- 12
Stone loach
Barbatula barbatula- First record
- 14 Aug 1997
- Latest record
- 12 Aug 2024
- Survey events
- 11
European eel
Anguilla anguilla- First record
- 21 Jul 1999
- Latest record
- 12 Aug 2024
- Survey events
- 2
Lamprey sp. ammocoetes
Petromyzontidae- First record
- 1 Sept 2014
- Latest record
- 12 Aug 2024
- Survey events
- 2
Brook lamprey
Lampetra planeri- First record
- 12 Aug 2024
- Latest record
- 12 Aug 2024
- Survey events
- 1
European eels > elvers
Anguilla anguilla- First record
- 1 Sept 2014
- Latest record
- 3 Aug 2023
- Survey events
- 5
Lampetra sp.
Lampetra- First record
- 23 Aug 2022
- Latest record
- 3 Aug 2023
- Survey events
- 2
Atlantic salmon
Salmo salar- First record
- 1 Sept 2014
- Latest record
- 23 Aug 2022
- Survey events
- 2
Lamprey sp. > ammocoete
Petromyzontidae- First record
- 10 Aug 2012
- Latest record
- 29 Aug 2018
- Survey events
- 2
Lamprey sp.
Petromyzontidae- First record
- 21 Jul 1999
- Latest record
- 1 Sept 2016
- Survey events
- 2
Pike
Esox lucius- First record
- 1 Sept 2016
- Latest record
- 1 Sept 2016
- Survey events
- 1
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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