News
Cleaning Catrine Fish Pass
Following requests from the District Salmon Fishery Board, on Friday morning Catrine Community Trust set about clearing the sediment that had built up in and around the fish pass at Catrine. When I arrived, the flow to the pass had been shut off as much as possible...
Glaisnock Water Clean-up Postponed
Due to the heavy rain and strong winds forecast for the weekend, this event has now been postponed. The clean-up will be rescheduled for another day. I will update the site as soon as a date is set. Support from the community was brilliant and a lot of volunteers and...
Mayfly hatch
I walked the dogs at Barskimming Mill this evening and there were a lot of trout rising in the Nursery Pool and Mill stream. The water looked terrible with that awful greenish tinge that appears during low water that is a symptom of iron from past and present mining...
Glaisnock Water Clean Up – Cumnock Sun 23rd June – ***POSTPONED****
THIS EVENT HAS NOW BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO BAD WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND THE EVENT WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR A LATER DATE THANKS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT We have agreed to assist The Princes Foundation and East Ayrshire Council with a clean-up and litter pick on the...
Mauchline Holy Fair
Just a quick post to let everyone know that we will have a stall at Mauchline Holy Fair tomorrow from 11am to 5pm. The weather has to be nice which is a bonus so why not come along and have a look. We will have games with prizes to be won for kids and adults including...
Success with Japanese Knotweed
AS part of the CIRB project we awarded a contract to control Japanese Knotweed on the River Irvine and I reported at the time that this control had been completed by early October 2012. The method used was spraying with roundup pro biactive 45o g/l when the plant was...
Our poor fish!
After a long day I thought it would be worth a quick visit to Nethermills Dams to see what birds were about. I fully expected a cormorant or two to be fishing at the dams but not this evening. There was however a heron, seagulls and a pair of goosanders. Gordon and I...
Biosecurity Reminder
While out looking at Giant Hogweed today, I was reminded how important it is to be careful when out and about. I had been checking on an area known to be infested with Giant Hogweed. We have been controlling Giant Hogweed in this area for a few years now but a dense...
Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
