MSS Salmon Tracking Project – Ayrshire update.
A Happy New Year to all our readers and we wish you all a prosperous 2018. The first real post of our activities in the New Year should always be an interesting one and this one is. Back in july 2017 we installed a tracker into Ayr harbour for Marine Science Scotland...Ayrshire Rivers Maps ***Christmas Sale***
For the Christmas period only we are offering a 25% discount on all our river maps; Stinchar, Ayr and Doon. These maps detail all the named beats and all the named salmon pools on each of the rivers. Just follow the link below:...A Theory about salmon declines on the Tweed (and around Scotland?)
The video describes how the run times of the types of Tweed Salmon have changed over the centuries. The information comes from a long term study that was made by the Tweed Foundation using historic Tweed Salmon catches, mostly from the netting stations. It shows that...Upper Stinchar video filmed at the start of salmon spawning in 2017
We visited the upper Stinchar in search of salmon spawning a couple of days ago and filmed this beautiful wee river on a bright winter’s day. We had also been rescuing fish from a burn on the Duisk ahead of emergency repairs taking place so while we did have...Water of Girvan Spawning Walk
With Stuart over in the Ayr catchment I headed to the upper Girvan yesterday afternoon. After our washed out visit on Friday afternoon I took advantage of the SEPA gauge working and decided the levels were just about right. Spawning has yet to...Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
