March Browns in Ayrshire

by | Apr 1, 2011 | General

Following a recent report of large brown upwinged flies hatching on the Doon at Dalrymple I went a had a look at the river at noon last weekend. Right on cue at 12:10 a few large flies started to hatch amongst the smaller olives. After running about midstream I...

Geologist help required

by | Mar 18, 2011 | General

It is not unusual to find green rocks lying in riverbeds in parts of Ayrshire but I was never sure what it is called. Also is the greenish rock often seen in the Girvan catchment the same type of rock that I found recently in North Ayrshire? The green coloured boulder...

Spraying Course

by | Mar 15, 2011 | Invasives

After three days of training 8th-10th March, the assessments have now begun. Myself (Gillian Murray), Tom Campbell (Dreghorn AC) and Sean Connolly (Annbank AC) have set the standard with passing all three exams (PA1, PA6 and PA6AW). Five further volunteers will be...

Water Vole Breeding

by | Mar 9, 2011 | Conservation, General

Gilllian Murray and Stuart Brabbs had a flying visit to Devon last week to see our water vole breeding program in action. During the course of the visit to the Derek Gow Consultancy, we gained valuable training in animal husbandry and handling the voles which will be...

Away Day

by | Mar 9, 2011 | General

At the start of this week, ART’s trustees and staff had an ‘away day’ to the Kirkton Inn in Dalrymple with the purpose of developing forward thinking and new strategies for the Trust in coming years. Brian Shaw reviewed the first 10 years of the...

RAFTS annual conference 2011

by | Feb 25, 2011 | General

The Rivers and Fisheries Trusts of Scotland (RAFTS) (in association with the Association of Salmon Fishery Boards) annual conference will take place on Wednesday 23rd March 2011 at The Battleby Institute, Redgorton, nr Perth. The conference theme this year...