Environment Agency freshwater records

River Wye

Freshwater surveys recorded 18 named fish species across 22 reviewed monitoring locations between 1989 and 2022.

Data snapshot10 August 2026Latest survey in this dataset: 2022
Named species
18
Monitoring sites
22
Completed surveys
121
Survey coverage
19892022

Geographic coverage

EA monitoring locations

22 of 22 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
Phoxinus phoxinus221026 Oct 2022
Barbatula barbatula19866 Oct 2022
Leuciscus leuciscus18506 Oct 2022
View evidence page →Barbus barbus18466 Oct 2022
Cottus gobio16636 Oct 2022
Leuciscus cephalus16536 Oct 2022
Gobio gobio15425 Oct 2022
Anguilla anguilla144131 Aug 2021
Salmo salar134131 Aug 2021
Alburnus alburnus12336 Oct 2022
Gasterosteus aculeatus8186 Oct 2022
Rutilus rutilus8176 Oct 2022
Salmo trutta5824 Aug 2021
Thymallus thymallus4425 Sept 2013
Esox lucius1225 Sept 2009
Lampetra planeri114 Sept 2007
Platichthys flesus1114 Sept 2009
Perca fluviatilis1121 Aug 1995

“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

Kerne Bridge Fry Site

9 taxon records: Bleak, Chub, Barbel, Roach, Dace…

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DS Victoria Bridge Fry Site

8 taxon records: Bleak, Roach, Chub, Barbel, Stone loach…

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Ross Rowing Club Fry Site

8 taxon records: Gudgeon, Barbel, Roach, Chub, Bleak…

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Bredwardine Bridge Fry Site

8 taxon records: Dace, Chub, Roach, Bleak, Minnow…

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Species evidence

Explore River Wye species records

Dedicated pages are published only where the survey evidence passes RiverFish eligibility rules.

Reviewed identity

What these records mean

English main-stem Wye from Bredwardine to the lower Wye. Explicitly excludes parent 3578 (Derbyshire Wye) and 12291 (River Wye in Buckinghamshire).

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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