News
Take five, pull five!
No not an advert for healthy eating rather it is a message we want anglers on the Doon to adopt this year. Himalayan balsam is becoming established on the banks of the river and want to enlist the help of all Doon fishers to eradicate this invasive weed before it...
River Irvine Angling Improvement Association
The River Irvine Angling Improvement Association are holding their AGM this Sunday evening (15th May, 7pm) at the Scout Hall, New Farm Loch Kilmarnock. Amongst the usual reports will be a discussion on the pro's and con's of establishing a district salmon fishery...
Catrine Hydro application
Catrine Community Trust/East Ayrshire Council recently submitted an application to abstract up to 4cubic meters/sec of water from the River Ayr at Catrine to supply a hydro electric power scheme. The water would be taken from the river at Catrine Weir and returned...
Death of a dam
Ayrshire's rivers are not short of old weirs and the like. In many cases the mill and lades have either been redeveloped or little trace remains of their whereabouts, but a legacy of old weirs remain.Without maintenance these weirs eventually crumble. Over the course...
March Browns in Ayrshire
Following a recent report of large brown upwinged flies hatching on the Doon at Dalrymple I went a had a look at the river at noon last weekend. Right on cue at 12:10 a few large flies started to hatch amongst the smaller olives. After running about midstream I...
Geologist help required
It is not unusual to find green rocks lying in riverbeds in parts of Ayrshire but I was never sure what it is called. Also is the greenish rock often seen in the Girvan catchment the same type of rock that I found recently in North Ayrshire? The green coloured boulder...
Spraying Course
After three days of training 8th-10th March, the assessments have now begun. Myself (Gillian Murray), Tom Campbell (Dreghorn AC) and Sean Connolly (Annbank AC) have set the standard with passing all three exams (PA1, PA6 and PA6AW). Five further volunteers will be...
Water Vole Breeding
Gilllian Murray and Stuart Brabbs had a flying visit to Devon last week to see our water vole breeding program in action. During the course of the visit to the Derek Gow Consultancy, we gained valuable training in animal husbandry and handling the voles which will be...
Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
