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Black Rocks work suspended
Predictably, the dry spell came to an abrupt end and water levels rose early this morning preventing the contractor finishing the last weir wall at Black Rocks in Kilmarnock. When I checked the levels this evening, I was pleased to see the level of water maintained...
Blackrocks Waterfall
The water levels have been low and stable for a week or two and I & H Borland have been back in the river trying to complete the concrete works before the weather breaks. Progress has been good in the last week or so and weather permitting, this week should see...
Follow up to ‘Erosion on the Lugar’
Following up to my earlier post of 20/02/12 regarding the accelerated erosion on the Lugar in which I made a flippant comment about the Trust needing to pay for a helicopter ride to allow me to view the current situation.....a few weeks ago David Campbell very...
ART Inaugural Quiz Night Friday 23rd March
ART held their first ever Quiz Night at Ayr Rugby Club last Friday evening. It was compered by Mr Wallace Milligan, who was ably assisted by his lovely wife Ruth. Gillian McIntyre, the Trust's Biologist, welcomed everyone with a short speech on the work of the Trust,...
Invasive Non Native Species Conference
It is reassuring to know that ART has been making a name for themselves in Invasive weed control. ART was invited to talk at Falkirk Stadium on the subject of developing strategic approaches to controlling invasive weeds. The audience consisted of both the Commercial...
ART take delivery of a new van
On the way back to the office this evening, Gillian dropped me at Alistair Fleming's Garage in Ayr to collect our new Citroen Berlingo van. After a brief run through of the controls etc and a few signatures, Richard Henderson from Fleming's handed over the keys and...
Fish Rescue, Kilmarnock Water: Day 2
The plan this morning was to start where we finished last night and fish the last pool at the top of the stretch to complete the first once over. This didn't happen as we decided to re fish the entire stretch again from the bottom up and concentrate on the deeper...
Fish Rescue, Kilmarnock Water
DAY ONE We kept our fingers and everything else crossed over the weekend for dry weather. For once things went in our favour and when we arrived at the Kilmarnock Water this morning to undertake a very public fish rescue, we were relieved to see the river flowing...
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River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
