Follow this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rcNSnVSBLg&t=14s to watch numerous eels try to ascend a steep weir on the River Doon. With numbers of eels in serious decline across Scotland and Europe every barrier has an impact; depletion the fish of energy, giving the fish greater exposure to predators and preventing access to large tracts of habitat.
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- Podcasting with the Farm Advisory Service. October 14, 2025
- ART AGM October 10, 2025
- Girvan Tributary Surveys October 8, 2025
- Japanese knotweed control on the Stinchar. September 16, 2025
- Autumn surveys continue. September 10, 2025
- Purclewan Burn Electrofishing September 8, 2025
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- Ayrshire Grown November 14, 2023
- Wellwood Project – 2022 December 13, 2022
- Greenock Culvert Fish Pass -2022 December 13, 2022
- River Ayr Giant Hogweed Control – Ongoing since 2018 December 13, 2022
- Loch Doon Smolt Tracking March 1, 2019
- Rivers and Lochs In The Classroom – 2017 March 1, 2019
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