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Salmon from a coal mine!
I've uploaded a video to You Tube that we made last year when rescuing fish from the Ponesk Burn in the upper River Ayr catchment. We will soon be back at the Ponesk to see how the fish population is doing in the new channel....
Alba leaves the Trust
We had a late lunch at Stair Inn on Friday to say farewell to Alba, our Caltalan Intern. Alba came to the Trust through the Euraccio VI Lifelong learning EU programme in June. She has been a fantastic addition to the Trust helping us research Invasive Weed control and...
How porous are the Burnawn’s obstacles?
Given the ongoing development of the Burnawn fish pass at Cemetery Bridge, I thought it advisable to gather some data on the salmon population upstream of the bridge. No stocking has taken place on the Burnawn for a year or two so any salmon upstream of the fish pass...
Salmon Fly Tying – a very basic introduction
A couple of years ago we ran a few evening sessions for novice fly-tyers. It was a very basic course that taught participants to dress simple salmon flies. I'm considering repeating similar sessions this winter if there is any interest. Just drop the Trust an email if...
Burnawn fish pass
I've spoken with the Roads Department about the necessary modifications to the new fish pass but am yet to hear their decision. After yesterdays heavy rainfall, I decided to nip to Galston this afternoon for a quick look to see how the pass would perform in spate...
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust recruit ART volunteer
Emma Downie, our blue haired volunteer has been successful with her application to the World famous Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust to assist with re introducing Mountain Chicken Frogs in Montserrat . She leaves for the Caribbean next month and will be missed by...
ART on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/AyrshireRiversTrust ART's Facebook page is now active so click the link above and pay us a visit. I tried to set this up recently but didn't do it justice so I asked Emma Downie, one of our volunteers to have a look at it for me. Within no...
Burn Trout
I've added 2 photos of trout that we caught today. The first was from the Barlewan Burn near to its confluence with the Abbeymill Burn. We surveyed this site as part of the Maybole Bypass monitoring. Apart from finding reasonably good numbers of salmon fry, this was...
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River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
