Girvan survey

Rather than wait for our malfunctioning  back pack to be returned from Germany where it is with the manufacturer for repair, Helen and I set off lugging bankside equipment on one of the hottest days of the year. We tried to pick accessible sites so that we...

Ayr Timed survey completed

The remainder of the Ayr timed sites were completed yesterday and results were more encouraging than those found on the lower river. I’m relieved to say that on the whole of the upper sites performed reasonably in complete contrast to sites on the lower river....

River Ayr timed electrofishing is underway

We started our time electrofishing surveys today and intend to continue on all the rivers next week, weather permitting. The River Ayr results have been disappointing for several years and 2014 results don’t look very encouraging so far, either. We start at the...

North Ayrshire Surveys

We were contracted to look at two of the less well known rivers across Ayrshire, the Noddsdale and the Gogo. Plans to develop a hydro scheme on the Gogo required that some assessment of the fish population was undertaken. Last year we spent some time at both rivers...

Shrinking salmon

Here’s an interesting video from CNN about the declining size of Scottish salmon. Interesting points raised here and some that arose at the Girvan DSFB meeting this evening....