by Struan Candlish | Sep 11, 2026 | General, Invasives
Last month we were invited back on to the Farming and Water Scotland Podcast to discuss Invasive Non-Native Plant (INNPS) control across Ayrshire. The link to this conversation is available at...
by Struan Candlish | Apr 28, 2026 | Events, General
Job Advert Office Administrator/Bookkeeper Ayrshire Rivers Trust is looking to recruit an Office Administrator/Bookkeeper to support staff, organise and run the office and perform clerical duties at our base near Mauchline. There may also be opportunities/requirement...
by Struan Candlish | Oct 14, 2025 | Conservation, General
A couple of weeks ago I had the please of speaking with Alex Pirie from the Farm Advisory Service for his podcast ‘Thrill of the Hill’ the title of our episode being ‘When the Rivers Run Free – Restoring our Waterways’. This is our third...
by Struan Candlish | Oct 10, 2025 | Events
Our annual general meeting will be held at our offices, 2 Crosshill Cottage, nr Mauchline, KA6 5HJ on the 27th October at 5pm. The AGM is open to members only – if you plan on attending please let us know us know by emailing us at info@ayrshireriverstrust.org....
by Struan Candlish | Oct 8, 2025 | Electrofishing, fishing, General
Over the last couple of weeks we’ve been carrying out surveys across the Girvan catchment – specifically in the tributaries to understand of how well used the burns were by salmon over the winter last year. We have several reference sites that we try to...
by Struan Candlish | Sep 16, 2025 | Conservation, Invasives
We were on the River Stinchar yesterday undertaking a control programme for Japanese knotweed. Annually the Board collects a levy from anglers/angling clubs and syndicates which is then used to facilitate management, projects and monitoring across the catchment to the...