Canford School (top site S2S)
10 fish species: Atlantic salmon, Brown / sea trout, Bullhead, Chub, Dace…
Fish records for anglers
Main river sites
Explore 26 fish species recorded at 52 places along the river from 2002 to 2025.
Records updated10 August 2026Most recent survey: 2025
- Fish species
- 26
- Places surveyed
- 52
- Survey visits
- 259
- Records span
- 2002–2025
Explore the river
See where fish were found
52 of 52 places shown
Choose a point on the map to see what was recorded there.
Map points are approximate and don’t show fishing access. Check local permissions before visiting.
Fish in this river
Species recorded
Choose a fish to highlight the places where surveyors found it.
| Fish | Places found | Survey visits | Last recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoxinus phoxinus | 48 | 241 | 18 Sept 2025 |
| Cottus gobio | 44 | 190 | 18 Sept 2025 |
| Anguilla anguilla | 42 | 134 | 18 Sept 2025 |
| Leuciscus leuciscus | 41 | 156 | 18 Sept 2025 |
| Barbatula barbatula | 40 | 196 | 18 Sept 2025 |
| Leuciscus cephalus | 37 | 149 | 18 Sept 2025 |
| Gobio gobio | 36 | 132 | 18 Sept 2025 |
| Esox lucius | 36 | 115 | 18 Sept 2025 |
| Salmo trutta | 32 | 143 | 18 Sept 2025 |
| Rutilus rutilus | 32 | 136 | 18 Sept 2025 |
| Perca fluviatilis | 29 | 81 | 18 Sept 2025 |
| Salmo salar | 22 | 93 | 18 Sept 2025 |
| Gasterosteus aculeatus | 20 | 41 | 19 Sept 2024 |
| Thymallus thymallus | 15 | 30 | 18 Sept 2025 |
| Barbus barbus | 13 | 36 | 18 Sept 2025 |
| Alburnus alburnus | 9 | 20 | 30 May 2018 |
| Abramis brama | 7 | 24 | 21 May 2019 |
| Scardinius erythrophthalmus | 5 | 7 | 8 Jun 2023 |
| Cyprinus carpio | 3 | 6 | 8 Jun 2023 |
| Platichthys flesus | 1 | 4 | 21 May 2013 |
| Dicentrarchus labrax | 1 | 4 | 21 May 2013 |
| Liza ramada | 1 | 4 | 21 May 2013 |
| Tinca tinca | 1 | 2 | 13 May 2008 |
| Lampetra planeri | 1 | 1 | 21 Nov 2003 |
| Carassius auratus | 1 | 1 | 17 May 2016 |
| Chelon labrosus | 1 | 1 | 3 May 2007 |
These totals show where a species has been recorded, not how many are in the river today.
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Useful context
This page follows survey locations along the main Main river sites. Tributaries and unrelated rivers with similar names are kept separate.
The map shows past fish records, not fishing access or a promise of what you’ll catch today.
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