River Trent species evidence

Barbel

Barbus barbus

Environment Agency freshwater surveys recorded barbel at 26 monitoring locations on the River Trent between 15 January 1992 and 19 September 2025.

Most recent record19 September 2025Sawley Weir Net · 1 fish recorded
Positive sites
26
Positive surveys
59
Survey-recorded lengths
287
Record period
19922025

Where recorded

Barbel-positive monitoring locations

The map shows only EA monitoring locations with at least one barbel record in this freshwater snapshot.

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

Monitoring locationFirst recordedLatest recordedSurveys recording barbel
Sawley Weir Net19 Sept 202519 Sept 20251
Muskham Bridge Net7 Oct 201118 Sept 20256
Burton - Ferrybridge (match catch)11 Sept 202511 Sept 20251
Holme Net22 Sept 20149 Sept 20258
Essex Bridge - Netting26 Sept 202326 Sept 20231
Kneeton Net3 Oct 201229 Sept 20223
Stoke Bardolph Net4 Sept 201422 Sept 20224
DS Hazelford Weir24 Aug 201824 Aug 20181
North Clifton Net19 Oct 201013 Oct 20172
Mill Lane (Newark Dyke)29 Sept 201122 Sept 20164
Sandy Point19 Sept 201330 Aug 20163
Nether Lock to Cromwell23 May 201623 May 20161
Walton on Trent13 May 20088 Jul 20102
Yoxall Bridge23 Aug 20077 Jul 20103
Great Haywood post pollution investigation Oct 0920 Oct 200920 Oct 20091
River Trent post pollution investigation Oct 09 -15 Oct 200915 Oct 20091
Wolseley Brg to Highbridge post pollution Oct 0913 Oct 200913 Oct 20091
Catton Park post pollution investigation July0916 Jul 200916 Jul 20091
Burton - Newton Solney30 Aug 20072 Jun 20093
Willington13 Aug 200223 Sept 20073
Great Haywood5 Apr 19958 Jul 20033
Aston-By-Stone14 Jul 199914 Jul 19991
Weston11 Apr 19958 Jul 19992
D/S Park Brook27 Sept 199427 Sept 19941
U/S Park Brook4 Aug 19944 Aug 19941
Walton-by-Stone15 Jan 199215 Jan 19921

Select a map point or table row to connect the location. A longer site history may reflect more survey effort, not more fish.

19922025

Surveys recording barbel by year

Each bar counts EA surveys containing a record. Zero years are shown; counts are not treated as a population trend.

Measured during EA surveys

Environment Agency survey-recorded lengths

This distribution describes 287 fish measured during EA surveys—not average catch size or fishery records.

Minimum
25 mm
25th percentile
51 mm
Median
108 mm
75th percentile
516 mm
Maximum
813 mm

Lengths are grouped into 100 mm bands. Only 23 measured fish have weights, so weight data is not summarised.

Interpretation

Evidence, not a fishing guide

These records establish observations during particular surveys. They do not establish present-day abundance, likely catches, legal access or stretch quality.

Page eligibility: manual whitelist; 26 positive sites and 59 positive surveys.

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