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Monitoring River Temperatures across the River Ayr Catchment.

by Struan Candlish | Sep 30, 2026 | Conservation, General | 0 Comments

We’ve been out across the River Ayr catchment collecting data from our network of water temperature loggers in the last week. These small devices quietly record river temperatures at 15 minute intervals, building up a detailed picture of how our river temperatures...

Girvan District Salmon Fishery Board Meeting Notices.

by Struan Candlish | Sep 30, 2026 | Events | 0 Comments

Board Meeting - Tuesday 20th October 2026 @ 7pm within the Carrick Centre, Maybole. AGM and Stakeholder Meeting - Wednesday 28th October 2026 @ 7pm within the Carrick Centre, Maybole. Please let us know if you plan on attending to allow us to prepare...

Podcasting with the Farm Advisory Service

by Struan Candlish | Sep 11, 2026 | General, Invasives | 0 Comments

Last month we were invited back on to the Farming and Water Scotland Podcast to discuss Invasive Non-Native Plant (INNPS) control across Ayrshire. The link to this conversation is available at...

Ayrshire Rivers Trust AGM 2026

by Carolyn Bryce | Jul 13, 2026 | Events, General | 0 Comments

Our annual general meeting will be held at Stair Community Hall on the 29th July 2026 starting at 6.15pm. The AGM is open to members only – if you plan on attending please let us know us know by emailing us at info@ayrshireriverstrust.org.

We’re hiring! Office Administrator and Bookkeeper Position

by Struan Candlish | Apr 28, 2026 | Events, General | 0 Comments

Job Advert Office Administrator/Bookkeeper Ayrshire Rivers Trust is looking to recruit an Office Administrator/Bookkeeper to support staff, organise and run the office and perform clerical duties at our base near Mauchline. There may also be opportunities/requirement...

Podcasting with the Farm Advisory Service.

by Struan Candlish | Oct 14, 2025 | Conservation, General | 0 Comments

A couple of weeks ago I had the please of speaking with Alex Pirie from the Farm Advisory Service for his podcast 'Thrill of the Hill' the title of our episode being 'When the Rivers Run Free - Restoring our Waterways'. This is our third appearance on the Thrill of...

ART AGM

by Struan Candlish | Oct 10, 2025 | Events | 0 Comments

Our annual general meeting will be held at our offices, 2 Crosshill Cottage, nr Mauchline, KA6 5HJ on the 27th October at 5pm. The AGM is open to members only - if you plan on attending please let us know us know by emailing us at info@ayrshireriverstrust.org. ...

Girvan Tributary Surveys

by Struan Candlish | Oct 8, 2025 | Electrofishing, fishing, General | 0 Comments

Over the last couple of weeks we've been carrying out surveys across the Girvan catchment - specifically in the tributaries to understand of how well used the burns were by salmon over the winter last year. We have several reference sites that we try to assess...