News
Removing the Davington Weir on the Border Esk.
In October last year we removed a concrete weir on the Davington Burn, a tributary of the Border Esk. Having won the contract, we worked with Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) to remove the weir and restore the burn to its natural state, reconnecting...
Wild Fisheries Fund Project Video.
We were recently joined by Jon Gibb for the Wild Fisheries Fund to look at the Maucline Burn (Ayr catchment) and Brockloch Burn (Doon catchment) where we have been busy fencing, tree planting and green engineering along with solving livestock watering issues. The...
Salmon Spawning 2024
As ever, the culmination of each year's hard work is rewarded by seeing fish successfully spawning in our rivers and burns across Ayrshire. Spawning activity has been noticeably slow to start this season although it is possible that a few fish spawned around 3 weeks...
Christmas Present Ideas!
With Christmas approaching rapidly it's time to start thinking about gifts for friends, family and partners. Why not treat someone to one of our fine art river maps showing named beats and major salmon pools with beautiful watercolours of key locations. We have prints...
Muck Water Path Erosion Update
This time of years see the staff spending more time in front of computers writing reports, developing funding applications with less time spent on the banks of our rivers and burns. This is before and after of some green engineering on the Muck Water at Dalmellington....
River Girvan Board Meeting and AGM
NOTICE OF MEETING RIVER GIRVAN DISTRICT SALMON FISHERY BOARD Date of Meeting: Wednesday 11th December, 2024 Venue: Carrick Centre, Culzean Road, Maybole,...
Ayrshire Rivers Trust AGM
Our Annual General Meeting will be held on the 2nd December this year at 1800. The address of the venue is Pant Farmhouse - Pant Farmhouse, Mauchline KA5 5HL All are welcome, however we would appreciate an email to info@ayrshireriverstrust.org so we have a handle on...
Phase 2 of the Mauchline Burn restoration
Phase 2 of the Chalk River/Mauchline Burn restoration project is well underway. Continuing from last weeks green engineering, this week our fencer (Billy Semple) started erecting fences and gates. He takes great pride in his work and always leaves an excellent tight...
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River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
