Historic monitoring evidence · Environment Agency
Wreigh Burn - Thropton
North East · 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
- 24 Aug 1993
- Latest record
- 26 Jun 2025
- Survey events
- 21
Atlantic salmon
Salmo salar- First record
- 24 Aug 1993
- Latest record
- 26 Jun 2025
- Survey events
- 21
Stone loach
Barbatula barbatula- First record
- 24 Aug 1993
- Latest record
- 26 Jun 2025
- Survey events
- 20
Minnow
Phoxinus phoxinus- First record
- 12 Sept 1995
- Latest record
- 26 Jun 2025
- Survey events
- 14
3-spined stickleback
Gasterosteus aculeatus- First record
- 24 Sept 1996
- Latest record
- 26 Jun 2025
- Survey events
- 11
European eel
Anguilla anguilla- First record
- 24 Aug 1993
- Latest record
- 26 Jun 2025
- Survey events
- 9
Lamprey sp.
Petromyzontidae- First record
- 24 Aug 1993
- Latest record
- 26 Jun 2025
- Survey events
- 9
European eels > elvers
Anguilla anguilla- First record
- 4 Jul 2005
- Latest record
- 8 Aug 2017
- Survey events
- 6
River lamprey > ammocoete
Lampetra fluviatilis- First record
- 1 Aug 2009
- Latest record
- 13 Aug 2013
- Survey events
- 2
Brook lamprey > ammocoete
Lampetra planeri- First record
- 4 Jul 2005
- Latest record
- 8 Jul 2011
- Survey events
- 2
Lampetra sp.
Lampetra- First record
- 19 Jul 2010
- Latest record
- 19 Jul 2010
- Survey events
- 1
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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