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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...
Japanese Knotweed Control
It is approaching peak time for Japanese Knotweed control. When the plant is in flower it is in the process of storing energy in the rhizome root system for overwintering. If sprayed at this time, the chemical is translocated straight to the root and has a much...
Spate conditions: low oxygen?
I had a trip to Loch Doon this afternoon to download the fish counter. I like to check the pH etc in the compensation flow from the loch so I made sure the multimeter was in the van. The pH reading below the dam, at the very top of the river, was 6.65 (mildly acidic)....
Ayrshire rivers conductivity
Ayrshire is a very diverse area in terms of human population density, landuse, geology etc. This is reflected in the characteristics of its rivers. Whilst the water in the Ayr may look similar to that flowing down the Stinchar measurements of parameters such as...
Water Vole Video Clip
I've uploaded a video clip of the water vole stocking to my You Tube account. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQO5TV86560 URsTV also covered the release and have posted a couple of related clips on their web site...
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River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
