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Upper Stinchar video filmed at the start of salmon spawning in 2017
We visited the upper Stinchar in search of salmon spawning a couple of days ago and filmed this beautiful wee river on a bright winter's day. We had also been rescuing fish from a burn on the Duisk ahead of emergency repairs taking place so while we did have some...
Water of Girvan Spawning Walk
With Stuart over in the Ayr catchment I headed to the upper Girvan yesterday afternoon. After our washed out visit on Friday afternoon I took advantage of the SEPA gauge working and decided the levels were just about right. Spawning has yet to...
Girvan DSFB announcements
The Clerk to the River Girvan DSFB has asked that we post this announcement: Date of Next DSFB Meeting: Wednesday 22nd November, 2017 Venue: The Carrick Centre, Culzean Road, Maybole Time: 6.30pm Type of Meeting: Board Meeting Date of Annual General Meeting: Wednesday...
Brainstorming
Trustees and Staff at ART are having a 'brainstorming' day next week to discuss and set the future priorities for the Trust. Here is an opportunity for our members, readers and followers to make suggestions and have their say. Are there any areas or types of work that...
Doon DSFB Meeting (changed date)
Unavoidably, the meeting has been changed and brought forwards as detailed below. Thursday 9th November, 2017 3.30pm at Dalblair House, 46 Dalblair Road, Ayr KA7 1UQ Ayr Office Dalblair House 46 Dalblair Road AYR KA7 1UQ 01292 280499
The Glenmuir Water – Fly-through video of this remote river
We annually visit Glenmuir Water (aka the Shaw Burn) to download temperature data from our logger high on the Lugar side of the Ayr catchment. It is a long trek out there even in a 4x4 but it is a lovely but barren place to visit. Salmon numbers have crashed on this...
A quick visit to the upper Ayr catchment
With the sun shining, I had a look at a few things on the upper Ayr today. It's been a while since we've been able to use the drone to identify issues or to re examine those we already know about. Having another perspective sometimes reveals things you miss on the...
Loch Doon Project
What a rare event, sunshine and no rain! It was a great day to be out and Struan and I headed to Loch Doon to continue with our salmon tagging study to help us improve migration...
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River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
