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South Esk (Angus) water levels

Live levels from 3 monitoring stations across Angus, updated every 15 minutes.

3stations
0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Gella Bridge—0.19 m 34m agoNormal—
TannadiceTannadice0.27 m 19m agoNormal—
BrechinBrechin-0.17 m 19m agoLow—

Stations are listed from source to mouth as the water flows, traced on the river map (OS Open Rivers) and the Environment Agency’s own links between its gauges. A distance “by river” is along the river, and is shown only where the map traces the path.

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Gauged tributaries

Streams and rivers with a gauge whose water joins the South Esk (Angus) above one of its gauges, from the source down. The river map knows where gauges are, not every stream, so a tributary without a gauge is not listed here.

1 gauged tributary, 1 gauge

Prosen Water

Joins the South Esk (Angus) between Gella Bridge and Tannadice, no more than 11.7 km by river above Tannadice.

Prosen Bridge0.31 m 19m agoNormal

Its water passes Tannadice and every gauge below it on the South Esk (Angus). It does not pass Gella Bridge or the gauges above it.

Where the South Esk (Angus) goes

No gauge below Brechin is known on the river map.

Tributaries and where they join are traced on the river map (OS Open Rivers, edition 2026-04) and the Environment Agency’s links between its gauges. The map holds distances between gauges, not the junctions themselves, so a junction is placed between two gauges, and no further up than the tributary’s own lowest gauge. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Storm overflows upstream

1 storm overflow is traced upstream of Brechin, the South Esk (Angus)’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the South Esk (Angus) itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.

  • 0 report discharging now
  • 1 not discharging
  • 0 offline or silent: 0 monitor offline, 0 status unknown, 0 no live feed

No official annual figure is held for this overflow, so there is no total to give.

Each overflow is listed in the stretch above the first gauge its water reaches, from the source down, as on the Gauges tab. A stretch of the South Esk (Angus) includes the smaller streams that join it there.

Between Gella Bridge and Tannadice1 overflow
  • Tannadice, Manse Lane CSO Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into River South Esk · 290 m by river above Tannadice · no official annual figure

Near these gauges, connection not known

Within 3 km of one of the South Esk (Angus)’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.

  • Brechin, Latch Rd CSO Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into Den Burn · 990 m from Brechin in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 28 overflow events, 6.0 h
  • Brechin, South Esk Street CSO Monitor offline
    Scottish Water · into Den Burn · 1.5 km from Brechin in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 0 overflow events, 0 h
  • Brechin, B966/Trinity CSO Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into Keithock Burn · 2.8 km from Brechin in a straight line · not connected to this gauge on the river map · 2025: 0 overflow events, 0 h

4 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below the South Esk (Angus)’s lowest gauge or on another river, so not listed.

A status is the water company’s own monitor: it says whether an overflow is discharging, never how much or why, and a spill does not by itself explain a change in a river level. A status older than two hours is shown as unknown. Annual figures are the official returns: 12/24-hour spills for England and Wales, overflow events for Scotland (Scottish Water counts differently, so the two cannot be compared). “No data” means the monitor produced no usable data that year, not zero. Overflows are placed on OS Open Rivers (edition 2026-04), which leaves out many small channels: an overflow the map cannot place may still drain here. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Sewage in Britain’s rivers →

Live status: © Scottish Water, near-real-time Overflow Map data, open licence for reuse. EDM monitors indicate overflows; they do not confirm them, and this is not advice on water quality. Annual figures for Scotland: Scottish Water overflow event data, Open Government Licence.