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Another Fish Rescue but this time the Powgree Burn in the Garnock catchment
Last week we performed a sizeable fish rescue on the Powgree Burn at Glengarnock. Story Scotland were about to replace a low rail bridge with a large culvert and the site required dewatering. Struan and I turned up as the dam builders were putting the last touches to...
Turnberry Fish Rescue
The Milton Burn at Turnberry was the focus of our fish rescue yesterday. Reputedly a sea trout burn, we had little data from this burn in the lower reaches so it was an interesting experience regardless of a rather poor result. W & A Gilbert contractors working...
Timed Electrofishing 2020
The third week in July is the week we always commence timed electrofishing surveys across the 4 District Salmon Fishery Board controlled rivers. We do this as part of the work we deliver for the DSFBs annually and it's a rapid assessment of spawning success as it is...
Assessing stocking success on the Stottencleugh Burn
Over winter, we reared brown trout in a micro hatchery at Glenbuck near the source of the River Ayr. This project was designed to overcome the water quality and habitat issues that affect the lower reaches of the burn where trout from the loch spawn unsuccessfully...
Temperature loggers and today’s travels.
We record water temperature data across the Ayr catchment that feeds into the Scottish River Temperature Monitoring Network and helps identify areas on rivers that would benefit from such actions as tree planting. Follow this link for much more detail...
Trout rising to the hatch
We often hear complaints that there are no trout in the Ayr despite what we would consider to be a reasonably healthy population. The calls we hear in support of stocking aren't unique to the Ayr and it seems this strategy is the first option for some clubs and...
The first spate in May takes the smolts away
Total rainfall so far in May is just 2.4 mm (recorded in the middle reaches of the Ayr catchment). April had a total of 16.6 mm. Since the 18th March we've had a total of 24.9 mm or just over 1" of rain. This isn't good news for smolts that are assisted by a spates or...
Smolts in the lade at Catrine 2020
I filmed a large number of smolts in the lade at Catrine on Sunday 3rd May. Typically we are bang in the middle of the salmon smolt migration period and also typically, we are short of water as there's only been 18mm of rain in the middle of the Ayr catchment since...
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River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
