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Skeldon Weir on the Doon
We were at Skeldon Weir on the Doon today to advise the operators of the hydro scheme where timber baulks may provide the best opportunity to improve migration over this dam. While there's no doubt the weir is passible, each and ever weir on rivers has an impact....
Shark attack or something less sinister?
We received a report of a dead cetacean along Newton shore at Ayr today. Gillian is a marine and freshwater biologist so she and I headed to have a look. Apparently it has been on the beach since Friday and the carcass has deteriorated over the weekend as to be...
Silt and other issues affecting productivity
Our electrofishing season is all but over thankfully, as the injuries are stacking up and some older members of the team are feeling a bit tired. Age is a terrible affliction but with it comes experience so I do feel it has advantages (which I keep reminding my more...
Landward covers Salmon Farming
Last night, BBC2's Landward screened an episode examining the performance of salmon farms in Scotland. I watched the programme with interest along with thousands of anglers concerned about the impact these salmon farms are having on wild Atlantic Salmon stocks in our...
Dyrock problems on the Girvan catchment
On the Dyrock Burn in the Girvan catchment we find salmon in low densities most years but we've never really found as many as we feel should be produced from this watercourse and its tributaries. This year is no different and we were hard pressed to find any salmon at...
Assessing problems in the Stinchar Valley
Today was a long one, but interesting too. Struan and I set off early for the top of the Stinchar to follow up on earlier work and with a few questions we wanted to answer. The weather was closing in as we headed down the road and the sky became darker and darker. We...
Stinchar tributary monitoring
On Thursday last week we surveyed the Crailoch Burn at two locations, one was our last site for the Government and the other was a monitoring site for the Stinchar DSFB. Our upper site yielded only trout and the lower site was dominated by salmon. The difference...
Culroy Burn Kick Sampling
Last week we were pleased to be joined by a work experience student from Marr Secondary School named Calum Beaton. With the pressure on to finish up our electrofishing for the season Calum was able to see first hand what is involved in our survey work. Willing and...
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River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
