Historic monitoring evidence · Environment Agency
Margate Ford
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
- 12 Aug 1977
- Latest record
- 11 Sept 2025
- Survey events
- 34
Atlantic salmon
Salmo salar- First record
- 12 Aug 1977
- Latest record
- 11 Sept 2025
- Survey events
- 34
Bullhead
Cottus gobio- First record
- 12 Aug 1977
- Latest record
- 11 Sept 2025
- Survey events
- 33
European eels > elvers
Anguilla anguilla- First record
- 30 Apr 1979
- Latest record
- 8 Aug 2024
- Survey events
- 12
Brook lamprey ammocoetes
Lampetra planeri- First record
- 18 Sept 2002
- Latest record
- 11 Sept 2019
- Survey events
- 6
Brook lamprey
Lampetra planeri- First record
- 12 Aug 1977
- Latest record
- 10 Aug 2010
- Survey events
- 7
European eel
Anguilla anguilla- First record
- 12 Aug 1977
- Latest record
- 7 Jul 2009
- Survey events
- 12
Lampetra sp.
Lampetra- First record
- 31 Jul 1979
- Latest record
- 8 Aug 2006
- Survey events
- 4
Lamprey sp. > ammocoete
Petromyzontidae- First record
- 1 Sept 1999
- Latest record
- 1 Sept 1999
- Survey events
- 1
European elvers
Anguilla anguilla- First record
- 30 Apr 1979
- Latest record
- 5 Sept 1997
- Survey events
- 5
Lampetra sp. > ammocoete
Lampetra- First record
- 12 Jun 1979
- Latest record
- 12 Jun 1979
- Survey events
- 1
Lampetra sp. ammocoetes
Lampetra- First record
- 30 Apr 1979
- Latest record
- 30 Apr 1979
- Survey events
- 1
Salmonid species
- First record
- 12 Apr 1978
- Latest record
- 12 Apr 1978
- 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