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Slowing things down at Catrine
Here's a link to a video clip shot in slow motion at Catrine last night of smolts rising in the lade. While this is an appreciation of the agility and athleticism of smolts (juvenile salmon) the video highlights one of the main problems facing smolt emigration from...
Smolts delayed at Catrine
At Catrine we are still waiting a decent run of water to flush the smolts downstream. At least the Stinchar Doon and Girvan have all had raised flows to assist either naturally or by artificial freshets that we requested for Doon and Girvan earlier this week. On the...
Garnock Connections: 12 spaces available for PA6AW training.
We are offering a training course on invasive non-native species control on the 10th and 11th of June. A great opportunity to learn new skills and do your bit to help control invasive non-native plant species on the Garnock. Applicants must have a Garnock Valley...
River Stinchar DSFB meeting and AGM
The Clerk to the Stinchar DSFB has announced teh date of the next Board meeting and AGM. The details are as follows:- Date of Meetings: Thursday 16th May, 2019...
River Ayr smolt run is under way and problems continue at Catrine
The smolt run is upon us again and we are seeing numbers of smolts increasing at Catrine Dam again this year. Since the small amount of rain we had last week, numbers are steadily increasing between penstock and lade and it seems only a matter of time until we will be...
Interesting assessment of the Ayr and observations on the Doon – dated 1859
Ronald Campbell from the Tweed foundation recently sent me an extract from a book called Fish and Fishing in the Lone Glens of Scotland which provided the author Robert Knox's rather dim view of the Ayr and the villages in the catchment but this book is a faithful...
Lower Irvine Erosion issues
We had an interesting sort of morning looking at erosion on the lower Irvine with a view to suggesting solutions to Irvine Angling Club who are concerned about bank loss and instability on their stretch. It is a long term issue but we also identified that the river...
Revisiting Darvel Dam….in search of a solution
We visited Darvel today to again see if we can find something that may help salmon and trout migrate beyond the Dam that lies just upstream of Ranoldcoup Bridge. We've attempted to find solutions here before, first through RAFTS when Mike Beech, a fish pass...
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River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
