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The Severn Estuary is home to huge numbers of sprats and salmon, and the twaite shad, a protected migrating species which spawns in the tributaries of the River Severn.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

The Bristol Channel is home to salmon, eels, herring, sprats, and dozens of protected marine species.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2024

It can also be made with salt-cured fish, and modern cooks often use sprats in tomato sauce, a popular pantry staple of tiny herring canned in a purée that tastes a bit like cocktail sauce.

From New York Times • May 16, 2022

Now, besides uncorking bottles, screwing screws, picking teeth and opening cans of smoked sprats, you can be awakened before reveille.

From Time Magazine Archive

Here, in after life he used to boast, although his struggles had really been very few, that he used to run out into Clare Market for sixpennyworth of sprats.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter