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Fish records for anglers
River Churnet
Explore 23 fish species recorded at 32 places along the river from 1989 to 2025.
Records updated10 August 2026Most recent survey: 2025
- Fish species
- 23
- Places surveyed
- 32
- Survey visits
- 131
- Records span
- 1989–2025
Explore the river
See where fish were found
32 of 32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salmo trutta | 28 | 105 | 29 Jul 2025 |
| Cottus gobio | 26 | 78 | 29 Jul 2025 |
| Rutilus rutilus | 24 | 74 | 20 Sept 2024 |
| Gobio gobio | 23 | 63 | 20 Sept 2024 |
| Esox lucius | 23 | 53 | 20 Sept 2024 |
| Perca fluviatilis | 22 | 58 | 20 Sept 2024 |
| Leuciscus leuciscus | 21 | 72 | 29 Jul 2025 |
| Leuciscus cephalus | 20 | 58 | 20 Sept 2022 |
| Phoxinus phoxinus | 20 | 56 | 29 Jul 2025 |
| Thymallus thymallus | 18 | 69 | 29 Jul 2025 |
| Barbatula barbatula | 18 | 42 | 29 Jul 2025 |
| Gasterosteus aculeatus | 14 | 20 | 20 Sept 2024 |
| Abramis brama | 10 | 13 | 19 May 2004 |
| Barbus barbus | 5 | 12 | 13 Sept 2006 |
| Lampetra planeri | 5 | 9 | 23 Sept 2014 |
| Salmo salar | 5 | 8 | 15 Aug 2017 |
| Oncorhynchus mykiss | 4 | 9 | 15 Aug 2017 |
| Gymnocephalus cernuus | 3 | 3 | 20 Sept 2024 |
| Cyprinus carpio | 2 | 2 | 29 Sept 1998 |
| Carassius carassius | 2 | 2 | 14 Jul 1998 |
| Scardinius erythrophthalmus | 2 | 2 | 25 Sept 2018 |
| Alburnus alburnus | 1 | 1 | 27 Sept 2018 |
| Tinca tinca | 1 | 1 | 14 Jul 1998 |
These totals show where a species has been recorded, not how many are in the river today.
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About this page
Useful context
This page follows survey locations along the main River Churnet. 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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