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Historic monitoring evidence · Environment Agency

Great Ponton

Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire · 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.

14survey events
1 Oct 1985first recorded survey
25 Aug 2023latest recorded survey
9observed taxa shown

Separate-signal passport

What this record proves — and what it does not.

No blended quality score. Identity, monitoring, freshness, access and rules stay as separate signals so one strong fact cannot hide a missing one.

01 · Identity

Stable monitoring site

AnglerRadar ID
ea-fish-site:5880
EA waterbody ID
GB105030056780
Waterbody
Witham Saltersford (upper) Subcatchment
Catchment
Witham Catchment
02 · Observed evidence

Dated survey record

Scope
freshwater
Survey events
14
Positive taxa shown
9
Recorded methods
AC ELECTRIC FISHING · DC ELECTRIC FISHING · ELECTRIC FISHING · PDC ELECTRIC FISHING · SEINE NETTING
03 · Freshness

Latest survey about 3 years ago

Coverage runs from 1 Oct 1985 to 25 Aug 2023. This is historic monitoring, never a live presence or catch forecast.

04 · Trip constraints

Access remains unresolved

The survey carries no fishing-rights boundary, permission, opening status or safety notice. Check the owner, rod licence, current byelaws and conditions separately.

Location protection: AnglerRadar does not print the survey coordinate on this page, and nearby API results use coarsened survey areas rather than exact species-linked points.

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
1 Oct 1985
Latest record
25 Aug 2023
Survey events
14

Bullhead

Cottus gobio
First record
1 Oct 1985
Latest record
25 Aug 2023
Survey events
13

3-spined stickleback

Gasterosteus aculeatus
First record
20 May 1997
Latest record
25 Aug 2023
Survey events
6

Stone loach

Barbatula barbatula
First record
1 Oct 1985
Latest record
7 Sept 2017
Survey events
11

Brook lamprey > ammocoete

Lampetra planeri
First record
20 Oct 2008
Latest record
2 Sept 2014
Survey events
3

Brook lamprey

Lampetra planeri
First record
14 Mar 1994
Latest record
7 Sept 2011
Survey events
3

European eels > elvers

Anguilla anguilla
First record
13 May 1991
Latest record
20 May 1997
Survey events
3

Roach

Rutilus rutilus
First record
20 May 1997
Latest record
20 May 1997
Survey events
1

Rainbow trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss
First record
13 May 1991
Latest record
13 May 1991
Survey events
1

Rules and access

Check before you travel.

Environment Agency ecology records do not carry fishing-rights boundaries or live restrictions. Confirm the fishery owner, permission, local byelaws, seasonal rules, safety notices and current conditions before setting out.

Check live freshwater fishing rules

Provenance

Source, licence and boundary

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More evidence nearby

Other surveyed waters in Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire.

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