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More Trout Photos
Further to Brian's post, I thought I'd add some photos of trout caught on two small burns near the source of the River Ayr last week. The first two are from the same burn but different locations and they couldn't be more different in appearance. The golden parr was...
A few fishy photos ~ updated
A few snaps of fish caught whilst electrofishing. The first three photos are from upper Stinchar burns, the lower two from an Ayr tributary. The picture below shows two salmon parr but there is a major difference between them. The bottom one is more highly coloured as...
Loch Doon waterfalls
I was in the Loch Doon area today; and what a wild day it was. I always like to have a look at the Carrick Lane waterfall which is located just above Loch Doon. It is a scene as highlandesque as you will get in Ayrshire! The burns were big today and the Carrick Lane...
Moving on
It was with much regret that I had to inform Peter Kennedy, Chairman of ART, that I would be leaving the Trust at the end of the year to take a position as Biologist to the Spey Foundation. I have throroughly enjoyed my time in Ayrshire but when the opportunity of a...
Purclewan Burn improves
The Purclewan Burn, a Doon tributary which joins just downstream of Dalrymple is a typical Ayrshire lowland burn. It flows through mainly agricultural ground and for many years suffered from diffuse pollution from farm stock access, dairy farming and road run-off. In...
Black Rock Waterfall improvements
After a few delays, work has finally commenced to improve fish passage at the Black Rocks Waterfall on the Kilmarnock Water. Work was supposed to start last year but was delayed due to planning hold-ups followed by bad weather. ART engaged IH Borland of Kilmarnock to...
Ponesk Fish Rescue (updated)
To enable Scottish Coal to extract substantial coal reserves from below the course of the Ponesk Burn in the upper River Ayr catchment, ART were contracted to rescue as many fish as possible from the burn before the water was diverted. On Tuesday and Wednesday this...
Water Voles doing well
Around 3 weeks have passed since we stocked water voles into Darley and Slaphouse Burns and so far they seem to be doing well. Despite some terrible weather and widely fluctuating water levels many voles seem to have survived the high mortality period that usually...
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River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
