by Stuart Brabbs | Jan 22, 2015 | fishing
Annually ART compiles catch data from all Ayrshire Rivers for inclusion in the Association of Salmon Fishery Board’s annual report. As the Rivers Irvine and Garnock don’t have a District Salmon Fishery Board, catch data are submitted by Angling Club...
by Stuart Brabbs | Jan 19, 2015 | Conservation, General
Two or so years since I first reported to Scottish Water that the weir at Cheapside Street in Kilmarnock was crumbling as a result of the work in the Kilmarnock Water, today I attended a meeting with Scottish Water, SEPA and Aecom to discuss options on stabilising the...
by Stuart Brabbs | Jan 12, 2015 | General
Rainfall has kept the river levels up across Ayrshire in recent weeks with spate after spate raising waters near the bank tops and beyond. The Doon is slightly different to other Ayrshire Rivers due to the artificial levels supplied as compensation flow from Loch Doon...
by Stuart Brabbs | Jan 6, 2015 | General
Over the holiday period, the Kilmarnock Water rose to one of the highest levels recorded in the last 10 years and predictably, there was a mass of timber carried downstream. At the new box culvert bridge being installed to replace the old ford, a substantial quantity...
by Stuart Brabbs | Dec 29, 2014 | General
Following last week’s spate, I headed back to the dam today to see how things had held up following the flood. I didn’t really expect to see any problems but rather surprisingly there were two small issues obvious. The coarse trash bollards that were...
by Stuart Brabbs | Dec 19, 2014 | General
It’s been a difficult year financially or the Trust with funding extremely difficult to secure in the current financial climate. This morning we received a call from Scottish Power informing us that they are going to support our Loch Doon Project that is...