News
Another busy day…
As ever yesterday was a busy day at the Trust with the daily smolt trap check at Catrine only producing a single salmon smolt. After finishing up at Catrine it was off to do see how our habitat restoration on the Culroy Burn had faired over winter. We took a few alder...
Sevenacres Weir assessment on the Lugton Water
We get involved in some great projects but sometimes that involves getting wet and mouthful of water from some very unpleasant sources. Today we were assessing the face of the Sevenacres Weir ahead of commencing installation of a fish pass later this year. The Trust...
New Fencing on the Girvan
As regular readers will be aware, the Trust has been working to reduce severe erosion on the middle reaches of the Girvan over the last few years. This work is almost complete and apart from a few more trees that have yet to be planted, we are just about at the stage...
River Clean-up
Newmilns Angling Club on the Irvine has announced they will hold a river clean-up on Sunday 8th April at 10.00am meeting at the black metal bridge beside the old Meal Mill. All welcome.
The River Doon DSFB
The Clerk to the Doon DSFB has announced the date of the next DSFB meeting as Thursday the 19th April at Frazer Coogans Solicitors office, 46 Dalblair Road, Ayr, KA7 1UQ at 3.30pm followed by the AGM at 4.30pm.
River Ayr DSFB meeting
The next RADSFB meeting will be held in ART's office at 1 Gibbsyard, Auchincruive, Ayr, on the 10th April at 7.00pm.
Bailiffs Seminar 2018
Stuart attended the bailiffs seminar in Birnham today and along with Jonathan from the Forth Fisheries Trust, gave demonstrations of the DJI Phantom 4 Pro + and the Mavic Pro Drones. There was a lot of interest in the drones and obviously where water conditions allow,...
What a waste of time!
Some days I find myself thinking we are just wasting our time. Today was one of those days. We've been pleased with results of our efforts to cut erosion and diffuse pollution at Culroy Burn in the Doon catchment. This has taken 3 years and a lot of unpaid man hours...

