News
AGM
ART will hold heir AGM on Wednesday the 4th December at 5.00pm in their office at Auchincruive. This meeting will be open to members only. Please let us know if you intend to come as seating is limited and space tight but we should be able to accommodate those that...
Stottencleugh update
Further to our previous post over the condition of the Stottencleugh Burn at Glenbuck, we have been actively catching broodstock trout that enter the burn to spawn. They have been few and far between but this evening we captured 4 pair and stripped and fertilised the...
The Legacy of Mining
I nipped up to Glenbuck yesterday to check on the trout spawning that takes place in the Stottencleugh Burn; the very source of the River Ayr that flows into Glenbuck Loch. This burn has been severely impacted by historic mine water upwelling from old shafts for...
Trout Migration
With both trout and salmon fishing seasons closed for 2019, we thought that readers may like to see this video shot yesterday on a small burn that flows into the middle reaches of the Ayr. Here's the link to the 5 minute video that shows trout migrating up a burn from...
Sevenacres weir and fish pass – Update
We visited Sevenacres Fish Pass (the first fish pass completed in Scotland in this the International Year of the Salmon) on the Lugton Water today to make sure it was clear of debris and allowing any fish passage that wanted to go through. It was ok but there was a...
Doonfoot Primary School Visit.
Last week we payed a second visit to some of the pupils at Doonfoot Primary School. With the River Doon raging an in river electrofishing demonstration unfortunately was not a possibility. Rather than let the pupils miss out on getting to see fish up close we managed...
A very Sad Announcement
We make this very sad announcement of the sudden death of Tony Donnelly, who had recently taken up the post of Board Director at the Cromarty Firth District Salmon Fishery Board. He died very suddenly after being taken ill at home. Tony was 35 years old. Tony had...
Garnock Connections – promoting green bank restoration techniques
Ayrshire Rivers Trust in conjunction with SRUC Advisory Service have produced a video to promote green engineering techniques through the Garnock Connections Project. ART has funding available for landowners in the Garnock Catchment who wish to stabilise eroding river...
Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
