News
Spraying Courses.
ART has funding available to train volunteers to industry standards in the safe use of plant protection products (weed killers and pesticides to you and me). This training is funded under the INTERREG IVA project that we are delivering aimed at controlling Giant...
Invasive Weed Control: Tenders
This week ART has published tender documents for the control of invasive non native weeds across Ayrshire in the first of 4 succesive years of INTERREG IVA funded control. In total, 8 tenders have been produced inviting suitably qualified contractors to submit prices...
Blueboots Lane flows again
During an investigation to find the source of a pollution incident last November Trust staff found that the Blueboots Lane, a tributary of the Burnock Water, which flows into the Lugar Water at Ochiltree, had been diverted down an artificial, straight channel. The...
Fish rustling
Sadly I have to report that a large quantity of 5 -7" brown trout destined for the River Ayr have been stolen from rearing ponds at some time in the run up to Christmas. Unconfirmed reports put the number taken at several thousand fish. This was a new venture funded...
River Ayr Grayling
I spent a few hours last Saturday on the Ayr fishing for grayling. Despite the freezing fog, I managed a couple of nice fish but failed to find a feeding shoal so it couldn't be described as an action packed afternoon. All the same, I enjoyed trotting maggots down the...
Mink Rafts deployed in the Irvine Catchment
Bioforce staff eager to assist with our water voles project have agreed to monitor mink rafts on the lower Irvine within walking distance of their premises. Yesterday, two rafts were deployed on a small burn in the Shewalton area. More are planned for the ponds and...
Ayr glacier
Over the last few weeks the lower River Ayr has looked more like a glacier than a river. On the 11th December a thaw in the cold weather resulted in a small rise in the river level. This was enough to carry a lot of the ice which had built up in the river downstream,...
Newsletter 2010
Christmas Raffle Draw Winners Dec 15, 2010 Annual Christmas Raffle Draw 2010 Winners The Annual Christmas Raffle Draw was made by Mr John Scott MSP last Friday, and the winners are as follows :- Donor ...
Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
