by Struan Candlish | Apr 17, 2018 | Conservation, General, Invasives
As ever yesterday was a busy day at the Trust with the daily smolt trap check at Catrine only producing a single salmon smolt. After finishing up at Catrine it was off to do see how our habitat restoration on the Culroy Burn had faired over winter. We took a few alder...
by Struan Candlish | Mar 6, 2018 | General
AYRSHIRE RIVERS TRUST VACANCY FOR TRUSTEES Ayrshire Rivers Trust (www.ayrshireriverstrust.org) is the leading charity in the region concerned with the conservation and enhancement of the freshwater environment. It achieves this through a mixed programme of education;...
by Struan Candlish | Mar 6, 2018 | General
Yesterday morning Struan and Muir were on the Rye Water (tributary of the Garnock) to conduct a fish rescue. This rescue was ahead of bank stability repairs involving tonnes of rock armour being careful positioned to bolster an eroding bank. These repairs weren’t able...
by Struan Candlish | Mar 6, 2018 | General
As everybody else has been posting about the impacts of the ‘Beast from the East’ I thought I would venture out last weekend and see what all the fuss was about. We’ve been blissfully unaffected at the office (Auchincruive, just outside Ayr) but I...
by Struan Candlish | Mar 5, 2018 | General
Over the last few weeks we’ve been busy delivering the ‘launch day’ for our Rivers and Lochs in the Classroom Project sponsored by Greggs. With Easter holidays looming we’ll be releasing the eggs in a couple of weeks time. The pupil’s...
by Struan Candlish | Feb 23, 2018 | General
Some of our trout eggs (triploid) that we have in the office for the Rivers and Lochs in the Classroom have just begun to hatch. Not having access to alevins all that often this morning I took the opportunity to get a few snaps of some developed eggs and recently...