Fish Found in and around Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire

There are 26 species of fish found within a five mile radius of Welwyn Garden City. Some might be infrequent visitors, recent additions or may not have been seen for many years.

List of Fish found in Welwyn Garden City


Barbel (Barbus barbus)
Bream (Abramis brama)
Brook Lamprey (Lampetra planeri)
Brown/Sea Trout (Salmo trutta)
Carp (Cyprinus carpio)
Chub (Squalius cephalus)
Eel (Anguilla anguilla)
Minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus)
Pike (Esox lucius)
Pope (Gymnocephalus cernuus)
Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)
Stone Loach (Barbatula barbatula)
Three-spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
Bleak (Alburnus alburnus)
Bream Flat (Blicca bjoerkna)
Brown Trout (Salmo trutta subsp. fario)
Bullhead (Cottus gobio)
Catfish (Silurus glanis)
Dace (Leuciscus leuciscus)
Gudgeon (Gobio gobio)
Perch (Perca fluviatilis)
Pikeperch (Sander lucioperca)
Roach (Rutilus rutilus)
Spined Loach (Cobitis taenia)
Tench (Tinca tinca)
Topmouth Gudgeon (Pseudorasbora parva)

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