Translocating fry

Last year we translocated wild salmon fry on the Girvan from high density areas to tributary sites lacking salmon. There were no underlying problems to address other than a lack of salmon spawning in these burns. This could be as a result of declining numbers...

Giant Hogweed Control – 10 years on

There are always lessons to learn from everything we do and while we’ve felt that we are making progress with controlling Giant Hogweed in Ayrshire, 2018 will go down as a difficult and disappointing year as for the first time since 2011, The Irvine and Garnock...

Water of Fail and Montgomerie Woods

The Water of Fail hasn’t featured much on our pages in the last few years and there’s a reason for that. Despite it being the second largest tributary of the Ayr up from the sea (after the Coyle) and 14 miles from the harbour, it suffers from bad water...

Tarbolton Landfill Meeting

There will be a Public Meeting held at 7pm on the 4th July 2018 in Tarbolton Primary School where SEPA will be present to update members of the public on the situation at the landfill and answer any questions.

Tarbolton Landfill in Liquidation

Following the operator of Tarbolton Landfill going into voluntary liquidation on the 13th June, concerns have risen over leachate from the site that may be entering the Water of Fail and the River Ayr system. Apparently, there are concerns over the nature of materials...