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Airport Attack
After a fair bit of negotiation with Glasgow Prestwick Airport, ART finally gained access to spray the few giant hogweed plants that had developed within the perimiter fence. The Ladykirk Burn and the Sandyford Burn meet on the east side of the airfield before being...
Girvan Dykes fish pass well used
I had a quick visit back to Girvan today to meet the contractors. Rising river levels had put a stop to any work today but provided ideal conditions for fish to run. Quite a few salmon and sea trout were seen using the new fish pass, including small sea trout under...
Girvan Dykes upper fish pass
Amazingly the Girvan catchment missed the rain today and the river remained low. Work on the upper fish pass has been progressing well, the side baulks are complete and water is flowing down the pass. The crest level to the left of the fish pass needs to be brought up...
Girvan Dykes fish pass
Work is now well underway on the project to improve fish passage at the two weirs upstream of Girvan, known locally as the Girvan Dykes. The weirs have long been known as an obstacle to migrating salmonids and are mentioned in "The Salmon Rivers and Loch of Scotland"...
Ayrshire Rivers timed electrofishing surveys 2010
I have compiled the 2010 timed electrofishing survey results from the Ayr, Doon, Girvan and Stinchar. The report can be found in the downloads section here. This type of electrofishing survey is targetted at salmon fry and all sites are selected on the basis of...
Giant Hogweed in Flower
A large stand of Giant Hogweed exists in a small patch of woodland opposite Dobbies Garden Centre at Ayr. Despite being some distance from the river we didn't feel that we could allow this to develop further untreated as it is spreading from here in all directions....
Lousy salmon
I had a call the other day from an angler who had just caught a fresh run salmon from the Ayr which he described as being covered in about 60 lice. A lice burden of that level is unusual so I nipped up to see the fish which had by that time been gutted. I managed to...
Minishant Giant hogweed
Driving through Minishant last week out of the corner of my eye I thought I spotted some Giant hogweed growing at the base of a hedge. Sure enough after a quck u-turn I was able to confirm that is was the dreaded weed. This was in an area well away from any known...
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