More Doon work

We received some encouraging news from Scottish Power today that it looks as though we may well receive some funding towards our Loch Doon project. Nothing is certain yet but we are certainly in with a shout. We will continue to seek support from other partner...

Doon surveys

We had planned to visit Loch Doon burns again today but plans changed slightly this morning and we decided that time was too limited to do this justice. Instead we headed to the Meikleholm Burn at Patna where we have arranged a contractor to install fencing (part...

Big Parr Day

Until we get rain, today was the last visit to the upper irvine. We set up a series of timed sites to allow us to return and monitor the juvenile population over the next few years. Starting at Hurlford and working upstream, the sites chosen were typical run riffle...

Day 2 , Irvine Surveys continue…

With schools on holiday today, we were accompanied by a couple of youngsters keen to see what fish we found. The day started in Galston at the road bridge at the bottom of Cessnock Castle Woods on the Burn Anne. This site has been fished before giving total of 30...