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River Irvine Tree Planting

by Struan Candlish | Apr 5, 2024 | Conservation, Events, General | 0 Comments

This week we were very pleased to be joined by a group of volunteers from Thistle Credit Union. Despite being a fairly miserable, wet day we planted over 300 trees on the banks of the River Irvine upstream of its confluence with the Cessnock Water. These trees will...

Podcasting with the Farm Advisory Service – The Thrill of the Hill.

by Struan Candlish | Feb 20, 2024 | Conservation, Consultation, Events, General | 0 Comments

We were pleased to be invited back onto the Thrill of the Hill Podcast where the Farm Advisory Service (FAS) explores the multitude of issues facing the farmed upland environment and how we can reconcile priorities in conflict, showcase good practice, new...

Tree Planting on the Water of Girvan

by Struan Candlish | Feb 5, 2024 | Conservation, Events, General, Projects | 1 Comment

Last week we were joined by a great group of volunteers who helped us with tree planting aspect of our Greening the Banks of the Water of Girvan Project, supported by the Nature Restoration Fund, the Landowner and the Girvan DSFB. With the green engineering and...

Rod Building with ART

by Struan Candlish | Feb 5, 2024 | Events, fishing, General | 0 Comments

Last week we began our first rod building course with a great group of enthusiastic guys all looking to build their own rod from scratch rather than buying a factory built model. Building your own is significantly cheaper, allows creative freedom and most importantly...

Greening the banks of the Water of Girvan Video Update #3

by Struan Candlish | Jan 17, 2024 | Conservation, General, Green engineering, Projects | 0 Comments

Our Greening the Banks of the Water of Girvan project is making great progress and with the fencing and green engineering aspects of the project complete we're turning our attention to tree planting over the coming weeks. We had been scheduled to begin planting this...

Our new move/communications Issues.

by Struan Candlish | Dec 15, 2023 | General | 0 Comments

We have moved from our office at Braeside where we’ve been stationed for the last 3 years to 2 Crosshill Cottage, Mauchline, KA5 5HJ. We’re currently working through some issues with our phone line and currently have no internet in the office which as you will...

Ayrshire Grown – an ARIA funded project

by Carolyn Bryce | Nov 14, 2023 | Conservation, Projects | 1 Comment

We are pleased to announce that in early October we received news that our latest Ayrshire Rural and Island Ambition Fund (ARIA) project application had been successful. The Ayrshire Grown Project was developed with the aim of establishing a native tree nursery,...

Annual General Meeting 26th October 2023.

by Struan Candlish | Oct 17, 2023 | Events, General | 0 Comments

We are holding our AGM next week on Thursday 26th October at 6pm. If you would like to attend the meeting please contact us for details by calling 01290 518130, or email info@ayrshireriverstrust.org.