As mentioned in my last post, the pre tender meeting will take place on Wednesday the 6th March at 2pm at the Ayrshire Rivers Trust offices.
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Pre tender meeting – CIRB project – Directions
Monday, March 4th, 2013CIRB Tenders 2013 and pre tender meeting
Friday, March 1st, 2013Our tenders have now been verified and are available to download below. We have arranged the Pre-Tender meeting to take place on Wednesday 6th March 2013. This will be in at ART offices which are located in the Engineering Department, Donald Hendrie Building, Auchincruive Estate, Ayr, KA6 5HW. The meeting will start at 2pm all taking part in the tender process are welcome.
- CIRB Guidance for contractors 2013
- CIRB Tender 1 GHW on The River Garnock Catchment 2013
- CIRB Tender 2 GHW on The Lower River Irvine 2013
- CIRB Tender 3 GHW on The Annick Water Catchment 2013
- CIRB Tender 4 GHW on The Water of Coyle 2013
- CIRB Tender 5 GHW on The Lower River Ayr 2013
- CIRB Tender 6 GHW on The Upper River Ayr 2013
- CIRB Tender 7 GHW on The Coastal Burns 2013
- CIRB Tender 8 JK on The River Irvine 2013
- CIRB Tender 9 JK on The Upper River Girvan 2013
- CIRB Tender 10 JK on The River Ayr 2013
- CIRB Tender 11 JK on The River Garnock Catchment 2013
- CIRB Tender 12 JK on The Pow Burn Catchment 2013
CIRB 2013 – Pre-Tender Meeting and Tender information
Wednesday, February 27th, 2013The tenders for the control of Invasive Non Native Species will be available to download from here in the next few days.
We have arranged for the Pre-Tender meeting to take place on Wednesday the 6th of March. This will be held at ART offices which are located in the Engineering Department, Donald Hendrie Building, Auchincruive Estate, Ayr, KA6 5HW. The meeting will start at 2pm. All those taking part in the tender process are welcome.
Tenders to follow.
CIRB project, PA6AW training for 2013 – Volunteers Required
Monday, January 28th, 2013As part of the CIRB (Controlling Invasives Restoring Biodiversity) project we have trained over 20 volunteers to PA6AW level. This qualification allows the person to use chemicals to treat Invasive Non Native (INNS) species around water.
For 2013 we are looking to train more volunteers and we are again offering free training. The first of these training courses will be taking place on the 16th, 17th and 18th of April with the exam the following week.
I am aware that a few of you were left disappointed last year when our budget ran out so please get in touch again.
Trained volunteers will help with the control of INNS around Ayrshire but we do have a distinct lack of volunteers for the River Ayr catchment. It would be a great help to the Trust if we could get some more volunteers from the Ayr catchment as the river does have a significant problem with INNS. Although we use contractors on the River Ayr, we still need some help each year and for the future.
Anyone interested in taking part can email me gordon@ayrshireriverstrust.org or call me on 01292 525142 to book your place.
Controlling Giant Hogweed on The Ayr Catchment 2012
On a side note, if you don’t feel that you can help by giving up your time, you can always become a member of the trust. For a small yearly subscription fee we will send you a copy of our annual report and some stickers for your car. You will also get a newsletter sent to you throughout the year which lets you know how your donation is helping with the valuable work we do all over Ayrshire. You are also entitled to a 10% discount from selected tackle and outdoor stores. Every little helps especially in the current financial climate and all monies are fed directly into the vital work we carry out.
If you would like to become a member you can do so by clicking the following link http://www.ayrshireriverstrust.org/membership
You can also email me for a form gordon@ayrshireriverstrust.org
CIRB project update – Japanese Knotweed control (Lower Irvine)
Thursday, September 20th, 2012Despite bad weather conditions our contractor has managed to control a fair amount of Japanese Knotweed on the lower Irvine. There were some very large stands around the Caprington area and it will be interesting to see the outcome of the treatment.
Japanese Knotweed below Caprington Bridge (downstream view)
The picture above shows a very large Japanese Knotweed stand below Caprington Bridge on the left bank looking downstream. The picture below shows the same stand looking upstream.
Japanese Knotweed below Caprington Bridge (upstream view)
I will post pictures of this stand again once it dies away. Stuart had mentioned in an earlier post that another very large stand in the same area had been treated on the right bank. The photo below shows this stand with the path running through the middle.
Japanese Knotweed below Caprington Bridge on the right bank
We have a contractor carrying out stem injection treatment on the River Ayr catchment, I will post an update once I have spoken to him. We will also be controlling Japanese Knotweed on the River Doon for the third year in a row and a huge reduction is already evident, this treatment will commence ASAP.