Slurry pollution hits the Water of Fail…again

by | Feb 17, 2017 | General

Lunchtime and a call came in to the office about foam on the Water of Fail at Failford. It was shortly followed by another stating that it looked like slurry. Gordon and Struan were on their way back from schools in Cumnock so I called them and asked then to check on...

Willow spilling revisited

by | Feb 13, 2017 | Conservation, General

We paid the middle Girvan a quick visit this morning to check on the willow bank reinforcements we installed last April along with our volunteers. This stretch of the river was suffering from severe erosion and we arranged the demonstration event to show anglers how...

Wild Fisheries Reform

by | Feb 3, 2017 | Conservation, General

Today, Scottish Government announced a U Turn in their reform plans. They may not describe it as a U Turn but that’s how it appears. Read the latest in their press release by following this link http://news.gov.scot/news/wild-fisheries Their plans to abolish...

Trust AGM

by | Jan 18, 2017 | General

ART’s AGM will be held at 6pm on the 24th January 2017 in our offices at Auchincruive, Ayr. Our Trustees meeting will then commence at 7.30pm  Members are welcome to our AGM but space is very limited, please email the trust on info@ayrshireriverstrust.org should...

Christmas Raffle 2016 – Winners

by | Dec 12, 2016 | General

We held our Christmas Raffle draw on Friday the 9th at the Chestnuts Hotel in Ayr. We would like to thank John Scott MSP for drawing the winning tickets and the Hotel for allowing us to host the draw. We would also like to thank all of those who donated prizes for the...

Charity Dinner

by | Nov 22, 2016 | Events, General

As per previous posts, we held our charity fundraising dinner on Friday the 18th of November. The event was attended by around 100 people and helped raise some valuable funds for the Trust. Altogether we managed to raise a very respectable £2302 Unfortunately the...