Lydgate
3 fish species: 3-spined stickleback, Brown / sea trout, Bullhead
Fish records for anglers
River Calder
Explore 18 fish species recorded at 29 places along the river from 1984 to 2025.
Records updated10 August 2026Most recent survey: 2025
- Fish species
- 18
- Places surveyed
- 29
- Survey visits
- 145
- Records span
- 1984–2025
Explore the river
See where fish were found
29 of 29 places shown
Choose a point on the map to see what was recorded there.
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Fish in this river
Species recorded
Choose a fish to highlight the places where surveyors found it.
| Fish | Places found | Survey visits | Last recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salmo trutta | 24 | 106 | 2 Oct 2025 |
| Barbatula barbatula | 22 | 72 | 27 Aug 2025 |
| Cottus gobio | 19 | 79 | 2 Oct 2025 |
| Gobio gobio | 18 | 78 | 14 Aug 2025 |
| Leuciscus cephalus | 16 | 68 | 14 Aug 2025 |
| Rutilus rutilus | 16 | 66 | 14 Aug 2025 |
| Perca fluviatilis | 16 | 55 | 14 Aug 2025 |
| Gasterosteus aculeatus | 16 | 52 | 2 Oct 2025 |
| Phoxinus phoxinus | 15 | 83 | 14 Aug 2025 |
| Leuciscus leuciscus | 11 | 39 | 14 Aug 2025 |
| Esox lucius | 9 | 36 | 24 Jun 2024 |
| Barbus barbus | 9 | 30 | 15 Aug 2024 |
| Thymallus thymallus | 8 | 41 | 14 Aug 2025 |
| Anguilla anguilla | 4 | 5 | 23 Jul 2024 |
| Abramis brama | 4 | 4 | 4 Jul 2012 |
| Alburnus alburnus | 1 | 5 | 24 Jun 2024 |
| Pungitius pungitius | 1 | 1 | 18 Aug 2014 |
| Leuciscus idus | 1 | 1 | 11 Jul 2002 |
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 River Calder. 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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