RIVER AYR ALERT!!!!!!!

Himalayan Balsam was found on the lower River Ayr today. This is disappointing to say the least but not something that hasn’t been expected to occur at some point. I was spraying the few surviving Giant Hogweed plants on the Craigie stretch when I came across 4...

Balsam Bash at Barr

Meryl organised a balsam bashing day at Barr and a few volunteers turned out today despite the weather. They made a huge difference at Changue House. Have a look at the Carrick InvasivesWeb page at  https://www.ayrshireriverstrust.org/cisp/barr-balsam-bash-success/ or...

Volunteer Evening & CIRB update

Due to adverse weather conditions the completion of the Giant Hogweed control has been delayed somewhat. Our contractors have completed work on the Rivers Irvine and Garnock as well as the Annick Water and Water of Coyle. The River Ayr work has almost been completed...

Cloudburst leads to extreme siltation

Gordon and Alba (our Spanish Student) has been at Failford injecting a stand of Japanese Knotweed for research purposes for most of the day returning to the office around 4.00pm. There had been no rain which we were relieved about as we had contractors on the river...

Scales from a big fish

We were fortunate enough to receive scale samples from a 19lb River Ayr salmon caught a few weeks ago on the lower river. The fish had been frozen and the captor managed to take a sample for us after I made the request for which I’m very grateful and I have to...