Hillhead Primary pupils study life in Kilmarnock Water
Hillhead Primary, Kilmarnock, recently completed the “Salmon in the Classroom” project delivered by Ayrshire Rivers Trust. The P4 class pupils incubated and hatched salmon eggs sourced from the local river in an aquarium in the classroom before releasing the alevins...Invasive Weed Control – Progress report.
We have now completed control of Giant Hogweed on the Lower Irvine, Annick, Garnock and the Coastal Burns. The Lower Ayr is virtually complete with a few areas needing a quick re visit by the contractor. The Upper Ayr and Irvine are both underway and should be...Himalayan balsam
Last summer with the help of volunteers from BTCV we hand pulled the Himalayan balsam in the Chapleton Burn, the source of the problem in the Doon. I went back today to see if there was much growing this year. It was very encouraging to find that there appears to be...Doonholm Dam in higher water
The river was running at 1’2″ this afternoon but the entire flow was still flowing down through the breach in the dam. The dip in the water level where it plunged down through the breach was very noticeable to the eye but it doesn’t show in the...Invasive Weeds on the Retreat
Despite difficult spraying conditions, our contractors have been working hard to complete the Giant Hogweed control across Ayrshire. The Annick and Irvine are now virtually complete as are the Coastal Burns. The lower River Ayr below Stair Bridge is also finished but...Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
