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Nature — 35 species

Fish

Full fish checklist (PDF) · this month's spotting sheet (PDF)

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Common Bream

Abramis brama

Here all year · spawns May–Jun

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Tench

Tinca tinca

Here all year · spawns Jun–Jul

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Rudd

Scardinius erythrophthalmus

Here all year · spawns Apr–Jun

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Common Carp

Cyprinus carpio

Here all year · spawns May–Jul

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Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Here all year · rarely breeds in the wild

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Arctic Charr

Salvelinus alpinus

Here all year · spawns Oct–Dec

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Grayling

Thymallus thymallus

Here all year · spawns Mar–May

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Flounder

Platichthys flesus

Here all year · runs well up the Nith

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Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Here all year · spawns Oct–Jan

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Bullhead

Cottus gobio

Here all year · spawns Mar–May

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Atlantic Salmon

Salmo salar

Runs the Nith spring–autumn · spawns Nov–Jan

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Sea Trout

Salmo trutta

Runs the Nith in summer · spawns Oct–Jan

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Eel

Anguilla anguilla

Here all year · spawns in the Sargasso Sea

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River Lamprey

Lampetra fluviatilis

Runs the Nith in winter · spawns in spring

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Sea Lamprey

Petromyzon marinus

Runs the Nith in late spring · spawns in summer

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Brook Lamprey

Lampetra planeri

Here all year · spawns Apr–May

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Minnow

Phoxinus phoxinus

Here all year · spawns May–Jun

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Stone Loach

Barbatula barbatula

Here all year · spawns Apr–Jun

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Three-spined Stickleback

Gasterosteus aculeatus

Here all year · spawns Apr–Jul

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Nine-spined Stickleback

Pungitius pungitius

Here all year · spawns Apr–Jul

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Perch

Perca fluviatilis

Here all year · spawns Apr–Jun

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Roach

Rutilus rutilus

Here all year · spawns Apr–Jun

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Dace

Leuciscus leuciscus

Here all year · spawns Mar–May

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Chub

Squalius cephalus

Here all year · spawns May–Jun

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Gudgeon

Gobio gobio

Here all year · spawns May–Jun

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Thick-lipped Grey Mullet

Chelon labrosus

Summer visitor to the estuary · May–Oct

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Sea Bass

Dicentrarchus labrax

Summer visitor to the estuary · May–Oct

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Common Goby

Pomatoschistus microps

Here all year · spawns Apr–Aug

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Sand Goby

Pomatoschistus minutus

Here all year · spawns Apr–Aug

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Sand Eel

Ammodytes tobianus

Here all year · buries in sand at low tide

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Plaice

Pleuronectes platessa

Here all year · spawns in late winter

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Common Dab

Limanda limanda

Here all year · spawns in spring

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Whiting

Merlangius merlangus

Here all year · closest inshore in winter

Twaite Shad

Alosa fallax

Runs the Solway rivers in late spring

Allis Shad

Alosa alosa

A rare visitor to Solway rivers in spring