Historic monitoring evidence · Environment Agency
U/S Thornage Ford
East Anglia · 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 Jan 1988
- Latest record
- 16 May 2025
- Survey events
- 13
Bullhead
Cottus gobio- First record
- 14 Jan 1988
- Latest record
- 16 May 2025
- Survey events
- 13
European eels > elvers
Anguilla anguilla- First record
- 14 Jan 1988
- Latest record
- 16 May 2025
- Survey events
- 12
Stone loach
Barbatula barbatula- First record
- 14 Jan 1988
- Latest record
- 16 May 2025
- Survey events
- 12
3-spined stickleback
Gasterosteus aculeatus- First record
- 4 Apr 1991
- Latest record
- 16 May 2025
- Survey events
- 8
Brook lamprey ammocoetes
Lampetra planeri- First record
- 24 May 2011
- Latest record
- 16 May 2025
- Survey events
- 6
Pike
Esox lucius- First record
- 19 Jul 1999
- Latest record
- 2 May 2019
- Survey events
- 7
Brook lamprey > ammocoete
Lampetra planeri- First record
- 2 May 2019
- Latest record
- 2 May 2019
- Survey events
- 1
European elvers
Anguilla anguilla- First record
- 30 Apr 2015
- Latest record
- 30 Apr 2015
- Survey events
- 1
Perch
Perca fluviatilis- First record
- 14 Jan 1988
- Latest record
- 24 May 2011
- Survey events
- 3
Lamprey sp. ammocoetes
Petromyzontidae- First record
- 21 May 2008
- Latest record
- 21 May 2008
- Survey events
- 1
European eel
Anguilla anguilla- First record
- 13 May 2002
- Latest record
- 13 May 2002
- Survey events
- 1
Brook lamprey
Lampetra planeri- First record
- 4 Apr 1991
- Latest record
- 19 Jul 1999
- Survey events
- 2
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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