300 yard D/S Ashley Gauging Weir
6 taxon records: Chub, Brown / sea trout, Stone loach, Bullhead, European eel…
Environment Agency freshwater records
River Welland
Freshwater surveys recorded 29 named fish species across 59 reviewed monitoring locations between 1979 and 2026.
Data snapshot10 August 2026Latest survey in this dataset: 2026
- Named species
- 29
- Monitoring sites
- 59
- Completed surveys
- 315
- Survey coverage
- 1979–2026
Geographic coverage
EA monitoring locations
59 of 59 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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| Species | Sites recorded | Surveys recorded | Latest observation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leuciscus leuciscus | 49 | 248 | 7 May 2026 |
| Rutilus rutilus | 48 | 226 | 16 Oct 2024 |
| Esox lucius | 48 | 217 | 16 Oct 2024 |
| Anguilla anguilla | 46 | 213 | 13 May 2026 |
| Gobio gobio | 46 | 196 | 16 Oct 2024 |
| Leuciscus cephalus | 45 | 253 | 13 May 2026 |
| Perca fluviatilis | 43 | 152 | 16 Oct 2024 |
| Phoxinus phoxinus | 39 | 211 | 13 May 2026 |
| Barbatula barbatula | 38 | 170 | 13 May 2026 |
| Cottus gobio | 34 | 156 | 13 May 2026 |
| Gasterosteus aculeatus | 28 | 57 | 10 Oct 2024 |
| Salmo trutta | 23 | 83 | 13 May 2026 |
| Tinca tinca | 20 | 41 | 25 Jul 2017 |
| Abramis brama | 20 | 32 | 25 Jul 2017 |
| Alburnus alburnus | 19 | 43 | 10 Oct 2024 |
| Cobitis taenia | 17 | 57 | 29 Apr 2026 |
| Gymnocephalus cernuus | 17 | 33 | 25 Jul 2017 |
| Abramis bjoerkna | 10 | 14 | 14 May 2014 |
| Pungitius pungitius | 9 | 10 | 30 Jun 2014 |
| Scardinius erythrophthalmus | 8 | 10 | 13 May 2014 |
| Sander lucioperca | 6 | 6 | 21 Sept 2000 |
| Cyprinus carpio | 5 | 5 | 8 May 2014 |
| Lampetra planeri | 4 | 7 | 16 Oct 2024 |
| Platichthys flesus | 4 | 6 | 24 Sept 1996 |
| Thymallus thymallus | 2 | 6 | 2 May 2013 |
| Carassius auratus | 2 | 2 | 18 May 2011 |
| Oncorhynchus mykiss | 2 | 2 | 25 Oct 2016 |
| Carassius carassius | 1 | 2 | 8 Nov 2007 |
| Barbus barbus | 1 | 1 | 29 Apr 2003 |
“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
U/S Great Bowden Road Bridge
4 taxon records: Stone loach, Dace, Minnow, Bullhead
U/S Lubenham Road Bridge
3 taxon records: Bullhead, Minnow, Spined loach
Hudds Mill D/S Weir (main channel)
14 taxon records: Dace, Roach, Pike, Chub, Perch…
Reviewed identity
What these records mean
Five successive reach parents from Market Harborough through Rockingham, Tinwell and Peakirk to the lower Welland. Catchment-wide and one-off side-channel parents are excluded.
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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