Himalayan invasion
Over the last few years the Rumbling Burn (flows under the A78 to the south of Troon) has become over-run by Himalayan Balsam. This is a small coastal burn and the problem seems to be limited to downstream of the A78, although we haven’t yet checked upstream to...Water Voles Released (x144)
On thursday and friday of this week, we finally received our consignment of captive bred water voles destined for the Darley and Slaphouse Burns. A total of 144 water voles were delivered to ART by Jay Humphries who transported them from Derek Gow’s breeding...Burrowing animals
Of course water voles live in burrows and in order for them to get a good start in their new habitat, Alex (an MSc student from Glasgow University) and I went out today armed with soil augers to make a few short runs for them to take refuge in. During the course of...Water Voles in Transit (or more likely a Hilux)
Derek Gow, our water vole breeder has sent our young voles on their journey back to their native homelands. The 450 mile trip from Devon to Ayrshire is the start of a new life and opportunity for these captive bred animals that originated from Ayrshire and Lanarkshire...Spate Conditions
All the Ayrshire Rivers are now dropping back after the almost predictable Glasgow Fair rain. I expect that the grilse should arrive in numbers now and there will be plenty of anglers on the water from now on. I dropped off at the Girvan Dykes on my way to the...Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
