Holidays
I’m on holiday this week but I received a call this morning to say there were a few salmon running Catrine Dam so I headed over to see for myself. At this time of year we often hear calls for an extension to the salmon season as fish seem to be running the river...Upper Ayr pollution
Gordon and I headed to the upper Ayr catchment today to see if we could see trout spawning or any salmon moving into burns but on the whole we were too early. We walked the Ponesk right through the opencast site and into the old channel above. We saw an occasional...Catrine Lade: Updated 29/10
Work commenced this week to remove sediment from the lade. I understood from SEPA that silt and fine sediment would not be allowed to be re introduced to the river but I am concerned that the contractor has placed large quantities of mud upstream of Andersons Dam...Irvine Valley improvements
Well after reporrting on problems on the Irvine recently, it is about time for good news. Don’t get too excited, nothing that great but steps in the right direction. First off, I visited the Burnawn to see the volunteer’s handywork at the Cemetery Bridge...Superhuman effort
We are still waiting for the council to instruct the contractor to make repairs to Burnawn fish pass. Meanwhile, members of Galston Angling Club, frustrated by the delay decided to attempt the impossible and clear the bottom end of the fish pass manually. There was...Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
