River Wye species evidence

Barbel

Barbus barbus

Environment Agency freshwater surveys recorded barbel at 18 monitoring locations on the River Wye between 11 August 1997 and 6 October 2022.

Most recent record6 October 2022Kerne Bridge Fry Site · 1 fish recorded
Positive sites
18
Positive surveys
46
Survey-recorded lengths
429
Record period
19972022

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
Kerne Bridge Fry Site25 Sept 20146 Oct 20223
Ross Rowing Club Fry Site25 Sept 20135 Oct 20224
DS Victoria Bridge Fry Site5 Oct 20225 Oct 20221
Bredwardine Bridge Fry Site3 Oct 20025 Oct 20228
Hole in the Wall11 Sept 199731 Aug 20213
Ballingham22 Aug 199731 Aug 20214
Holme Lacey Fry Site23 Sept 201315 Sept 20153
Hadnock court11 Aug 199722 Sept 20143
Kerne Bridge13 Jul 19999 Sept 20142
The Holm5 Sept 20145 Sept 20141
Bridge Sollers22 Aug 20033 Sept 20142
W151P28 Sept 201028 Sept 20101
W150w3 Oct 200228 Sept 20104
W150x3 Oct 200228 Sept 20092
The Bibblins11 Aug 199721 Sept 20092
W151N8 Oct 20038 Oct 20031
Downstream of Victoria Bridge22 Aug 200322 Aug 20031
W151M3 Oct 20023 Oct 20021

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

19972022

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 429 fish measured during EA surveys—not average catch size or fishery records.

Minimum
20 mm
25th percentile
30 mm
Median
35 mm
75th percentile
40 mm
Maximum
144 mm

Lengths are grouped into 100 mm bands. Only 0 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; 18 positive sites and 46 positive surveys.

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