Upstream Fakenham Mill
9 fish species: 3-spined stickleback, Brown / sea trout, Bullhead, Dace, Gudgeon…
Fish records for anglers
River Wensum (upper)
Explore 15 fish species recorded at 10 places along the river from 1986 to 2025.
Records updated10 August 2026Most recent survey: 2025
- Fish species
- 15
- Places surveyed
- 10
- Survey visits
- 103
- Records span
- 1986–2025
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See where fish were found
10 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salmo trutta | 10 | 103 | 2 Sept 2025 |
| Barbatula barbatula | 10 | 101 | 2 Sept 2025 |
| Cottus gobio | 10 | 97 | 2 Sept 2025 |
| Anguilla anguilla | 10 | 55 | 3 Sept 2024 |
| Gasterosteus aculeatus | 9 | 69 | 2 Sept 2025 |
| Lampetra planeri | 9 | 60 | 22 Apr 2025 |
| Pungitius pungitius | 8 | 29 | 22 Apr 2025 |
| Leuciscus leuciscus | 7 | 43 | 2 Sept 2025 |
| Gobio gobio | 7 | 33 | 2 Sept 2025 |
| Phoxinus phoxinus | 7 | 26 | 2 Sept 2025 |
| Perca fluviatilis | 4 | 4 | 21 Apr 1994 |
| Rutilus rutilus | 3 | 24 | 2 Sept 2025 |
| Scardinius erythrophthalmus | 2 | 6 | 2 Sept 2025 |
| Esox lucius | 1 | 5 | 14 Jun 2018 |
| Oncorhynchus mykiss | 1 | 1 | 10 Oct 2018 |
These totals show where a species has been recorded, not how many are in the river today.
Latest activity
Recent survey visits
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Upstream Broomsthorpe Bridge
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Useful context
This page follows survey locations along the main River Wensum (upper). 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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