Sprotborough - Fry Survey
5 fish species: Bleak, Chub, Dace, Perch, Roach
Fish records for anglers
River Don
Explore 30 fish species recorded at 53 places along the river from 1981 to 2025.
Records updated10 August 2026Most recent survey: 2025
- Fish species
- 30
- Places surveyed
- 53
- Survey visits
- 314
- Records span
- 1981–2025
Explore the river
See where fish were found
53 of 53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gasterosteus aculeatus | 40 | 149 | 12 Aug 2025 |
| Salmo trutta | 37 | 180 | 5 Aug 2025 |
| Gobio gobio | 37 | 170 | 12 Aug 2025 |
| Rutilus rutilus | 36 | 172 | 12 Aug 2025 |
| Phoxinus phoxinus | 36 | 156 | 12 Aug 2025 |
| Perca fluviatilis | 36 | 149 | 12 Aug 2025 |
| Leuciscus leuciscus | 29 | 123 | 12 Aug 2025 |
| Barbatula barbatula | 28 | 113 | 6 Aug 2025 |
| Leuciscus cephalus | 26 | 130 | 12 Aug 2025 |
| Thymallus thymallus | 25 | 98 | 12 Aug 2025 |
| Cottus gobio | 24 | 92 | 12 Aug 2025 |
| Esox lucius | 18 | 77 | 4 Aug 2025 |
| Barbus barbus | 13 | 68 | 12 Aug 2025 |
| Anguilla anguilla | 12 | 35 | 31 Jul 2025 |
| Abramis brama | 10 | 35 | 4 Jul 2017 |
| Alburnus alburnus | 8 | 59 | 12 Aug 2025 |
| Scardinius erythrophthalmus | 8 | 11 | 24 Jul 2024 |
| Gymnocephalus cernuus | 7 | 23 | 2 Aug 2017 |
| Abramis bjoerkna | 6 | 13 | 24 Jul 2024 |
| Tinca tinca | 5 | 12 | 4 Aug 2025 |
| Pungitius pungitius | 4 | 4 | 1 Oct 1998 |
| Platichthys flesus | 3 | 17 | 4 Aug 2025 |
| Cyprinus carpio | 3 | 3 | 4 Jul 2017 |
| Carassius carassius | 3 | 3 | 25 Mar 2004 |
| Salmo salar | 2 | 2 | 6 Aug 2025 |
| Leuciscus idus | 2 | 2 | 2 Aug 2012 |
| Oncorhynchus mykiss | 2 | 2 | 7 Jul 2010 |
| Carassius auratus | 1 | 1 | 25 Mar 2004 |
| Pleuronectidae | 1 | 1 | 30 Jun 2011 |
| Lampetra fluviatilis | 1 | 1 | 6 Dec 1990 |
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 Don. 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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