Mountwood Ford
6 fish species: 3-spined stickleback, Brown / sea trout, Bullhead, Grayling, Minnow…
Fish records for anglers
River Chess
Explore 20 fish species recorded at 20 places along the river from 1987 to 2025.
Records updated10 August 2026Most recent survey: 2025
- Fish species
- 20
- Places surveyed
- 20
- Survey visits
- 62
- Records span
- 1987–2025
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See where fish were found
20 of 20 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 | 19 | 59 | 7 Oct 2025 |
| Cottus gobio | 16 | 57 | 7 Oct 2025 |
| Barbatula barbatula | 15 | 45 | 7 Oct 2025 |
| Phoxinus phoxinus | 13 | 50 | 7 Oct 2025 |
| Gasterosteus aculeatus | 12 | 32 | 7 Oct 2025 |
| Thymallus thymallus | 7 | 14 | 7 Oct 2025 |
| Salmo salar | 6 | 6 | 15 Dec 1987 |
| Gobio gobio | 5 | 23 | 23 Sept 2025 |
| Anguilla anguilla | 5 | 13 | 22 Sept 2022 |
| Leuciscus cephalus | 4 | 24 | 23 Sept 2025 |
| Rutilus rutilus | 4 | 19 | 23 Sept 2025 |
| Perca fluviatilis | 4 | 7 | 26 Apr 2022 |
| Oncorhynchus mykiss | 4 | 5 | 20 Sept 2017 |
| Pungitius pungitius | 4 | 4 | 7 Mar 2019 |
| Leuciscus leuciscus | 2 | 19 | 23 Sept 2025 |
| Lampetra planeri | 1 | 5 | 9 May 2017 |
| Cyprinus carpio | 1 | 2 | 16 May 2007 |
| Scardinius erythrophthalmus | 1 | 2 | 25 Sept 2019 |
| Carassius auratus | 1 | 1 | 24 Sept 2015 |
| Cobitis taenia | 1 | 1 | 3 Sept 2009 |
These totals show where a species has been recorded, not how many are in the river today.
Latest activity
Recent survey visits
Large Chess Restore Hope
5 fish species: 3-spined stickleback, Brown / sea trout, Bullhead, Minnow, Stone loach
Little Chess Restore Hope
3 fish species: 3-spined stickleback, Brown / sea trout, Bullhead
Solesbridge nursery
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Useful context
This page follows survey locations along the main River Chess. 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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