Crayfish trapping continues on the Ayr catchment

We recommenced our American signal crayfish (ASC) trapping efforts on Tuesday of this week on the tributary of the Ayr where we caught a single large male towards the end of last year. After a late spring, water temperatures have warmed sufficiently for trapping to...

Girvan DSFB Meeting

The Clerk to the board has announced the date of the next meeting.   Date of Meeting:    Thursday 2nd June 2016 Venue:                     The Carrick Centre, Culzean Road, Maybole Time:                      ...

Loch Doon Dam: Essential Works

Essential maintenance will take place at Loch Doon Dam on Tuesday the 10th of May. This will mean that the compensation flow will be cut between the hours of 10am and 2pm. Extra water will be released before and after the works to compensate for the loss of...

Giant Hogweed Control 2016

We have now secured the necessary funding to continue with Giant Hogweed control across Ayrshire. We are just waiting on the required licences from SEPA but hope to start control within the next couple of weeks. We have been controlling this invasive non native plant...