Giant Hogweed Control
Contractors are out and about on our rivers spraying Giant Hogweed at the moment. We started a bit later this year due to delays with the scoring process and CIRB procurement rules but I don’t think this is a bad thing as most plants are either this year’s...SB completes the SNIFFER course!
This wasn’t some secret or lurid hobby that I was developing my skills in, but rather the latest technique for assessing barriers to fish passage. SNIFFER stands for the Scotland and Northern Ireland Forum For Environmental Research and they have developed this...Darvel Weir? Wot weir?
It’s a case of weir today and gone tomorrow! As you will see from the pictures below, Darvel’s crumbling weir has now been demolished. To say this was a Darvel Weir is perhaps misleading as it was located between Newmilns and Darvel forming the boundary...Invasive Weeds Project Officer starts on 1st May
Gordon MacDermid started with ART this week as a project officer for the CIRB project. Gordon, who hails from Mauchline is a well known face on the River Ayr and is Treasurer for Mauchline Angling Club. His duties will include surveying the distribution of invasive...Ponesk Burn Update
Take a moment to check back to our post of the 29th October 2011 and compare the photos taken soon after the Ponesk Burn was diverted with the images below, taken a couple of days ago on the 26th April 2012. Following extreme floods and prolonged high water over...Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
