News
Burnawn (Burn Anne) Fish Pass
Work has been complete on the fish pass at Cemetery Bridge in Galston. The Roads department didn't include a budget for professional design services and seemed willing to rely on our comments despite us expressing concerns about this approach. Throughout the process...
Japanese Knotweed control now under way
Now that the Japanese Knotweed is in full flower, it is the best time to spray the plant. Spraying the plant with glyphosate once it is in flower allows the chemical to be drawn to the root system for maximum effect. As part of the CIRB project we have contractors out...
Doon and Girvan Burns
Today we were out and about near Maybole surveying burns that we wouldn't normally include in our routine electrofishing and I didn't really expect too much from the sites we visited. One site was completely devoid of, and inaccessible to migratory species prompting...
Burn O’ Need
After a morning meeting, we headed out electrofishing to take advantage of another dry day. Just before we left Ayr I had a call from Sorn where it was bucketing down but we decided to go anyway. The rain must have passed quickly as the Bun O' Need hadn't risen much....
Ayr Tribs
Continuing from where we left off last week, we headed back to the Ayr today. Conditions were great and Emma Downie was on hand to assist, so we set off early to look at a couple of new sites. Having discovered grayling on the Glenstang last week I wanted a further...
Weekly Roundup
This has been another busy week at the Trust not least because Gillian is away to Egypt on holiday (she was needing some sun). As I haven't managed any updates during the week, I've added this large post to cover the most interesting events off the week. I may do this...
Water of Fail
The Water of Fail survey produced it's normal very poor results. Only the lower site produced salmonids this year with stoneloach and sticklebacks at all three sites. Despite regularly hearing opinions that the Fail is improving, there is virtually no evidence of this...
Girvan Tributaries
We are struggling with electrofishing at the moment due to the weather but whenever we can, we are out somewhere in Ayrshire surveying the rivers and burns. Last week we managed to look at some of the Girvan tributaries. Results on the whole were very good (bear in...
Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
