Environment Agency freshwater records

River Ribble

Freshwater surveys recorded 16 named fish species across 45 reviewed monitoring locations between 1991 and 2024.

Data snapshot10 August 2026Latest survey in this dataset: 2024
Named species
16
Monitoring sites
45
Completed surveys
148
Survey coverage
19912024

Geographic coverage

EA monitoring locations

45 of 45 locations shown

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Positions are deliberately rounded. These are monitoring locations, not fishing access points.

Recorded diversity

Fish species recorded

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SpeciesSites recordedSurveys recordedLatest observation
Salmo salar2912123 Jul 2024
Salmo trutta289623 Jul 2024
Cottus gobio2710323 Jul 2024
Phoxinus phoxinus2710023 Jul 2024
Barbatula barbatula249323 Jul 2024
Anguilla anguilla177327 Jun 2024
Leuciscus cephalus162226 Jun 2024
Leuciscus leuciscus896 Sept 1994
Lampetra planeri61126 Jun 2024
Gasterosteus aculeatus579 Aug 2018
Gobio gobio4927 Jun 2024
Thymallus thymallus459 Aug 2018
Barbus barbus3419 Aug 1994
Rutilus rutilus346 Sept 1994
Esox lucius2213 May 1993
Gymnocephalus cernuus1112 May 1993

“Recorded” means the species appears in an EA survey record. Site and survey totals show evidence coverage, not abundance.

Latest in the snapshot

Recent surveys

Cragg Hill Farm

5 taxon records: Atlantic salmon, Brown / sea trout, Bullhead, Minnow, Stone loach

pdc electric fishing

Hollins Barn (aka New Hall farm)

6 taxon records: Brown / sea trout, European eel, Gudgeon, Bullhead, Minnow…

pdc electric fishing

D/S B6480 Road Bridge At Settle

6 taxon records: Atlantic salmon, Brown / sea trout, European eel, Bullhead, Minnow…

pdc electric fishing

Upstream Nappa Ford

5 taxon records: Atlantic salmon, European eel, Bullhead, Minnow, Stone loach

pdc electric fishing

Reviewed identity

What these records mean

Main-stem Ribble in Lancashire and North Yorkshire. Parent 14193 is excluded because its grid references are in South Yorkshire and are not the Ribble.

Survey methods, effort, locations and coverage vary. Monitoring coordinates are rounded and do not indicate public access. Counts are not population trends.

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