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Tarholm willow after 1 year
It was exactly one year ago that we were asked to install willow at Tarholm Sewage Outfall following completion of the new structure. This rather unpopular outfall had been installed after it was relocated from the Water of Coyle where there was inadequate dilution...
Restoration of trout in a local burn
In 2016 and 2017, Ayrshire Rivers Trust stocked trout sourced from the Lugar into the Dippol Burn near Auchinleck. The original trout were lost around 40 years ago through a pollution incident and with 50′ falls downstream, the burn couldn’t repopulate naturally. ART...
Sea Lice out of control on Scottish Salmon Farms
Having just watched the appalling but sanitised exposé of mass mortalities of farmed salmon on a Scottish fish farm featured on the One Show yesterday, I noted that despite the programmes coverage of these disturbing circumstances, the BBC presenters quickly skimmed...
Greenland Subsistence Fishery Data Collection Blog
To all the Trusts across Scotland, Sean Dugan who is employed by Fisheries Management Scotland and manages the Scottish Fisheries Co-ordination Centre is well known for the tremendous work he does. Sean is currently in Greenland as part of the sampling team who are...
Duisk Water Juvenile Salmon Monitoring
Yesterday we were on the Duisk (Stinchar catchment) continuing with the Government surveys. Despite the rain we got another couple completed with reasonable numbers of juvenile salmonids recorded at both sites. The heavy afternoon and overnight rain has swept away...
National Electrofishing Monitoring
As many readers will be aware, MSS were criticised by biologists around the country for not having included local electrofishing data into the decision making process when determining Conservation status and the subsequent Conservation Measures for salmon rivers in...
River Doon tributary monitoring
With Stuart giving a tour of various barriers and barrier easements across the Irvine catchment to a host of SEPA officials myself and Muir were in the Doon catchment completing electrofishing and invertebrate sampling on a number of tributaries. Whilst the...
Job Vacancy
Job Vacancy Ayrshire Rivers Trust requires temporary staff to assist with fieldwork over the next few weeks. This post will require commitment to work in all weather conditions. We may engage more than one candidate. The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic...
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River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
