Fish rescues are an increasingly common aspect to Trust life and a crucial part of developer’s workflows when working in and around water.
Not a large watercourse, but many trout and salmon were present throughout the site.
A nice sized brownie, which was removed from a deep bouldery channel.
Recently we completed a rescue on the Kilmarnock Water ahead of bankside repairs near a footpath. The workers onsite were surprised to see us remove several dozen trout, many salmon parr and salmon fry from the site and as well as some lengthy eels.
A salmon parr removed from the work site and placed out of harms way to allow the site to be dewatered.
Watercourse size is never a good predictor of fish populations but to the layperson, lack of width and depth often indicates no fish. It’s very infrequent that we survey a watercourse that doesn’t yield fish and some of the most diminutive burns have exceptional fish populations.
