News
Loch Doon Salmon monitoring
As part of our management project to determine salmon migration success through Loch Doon Dam we have counters installed in the dam to record adult salmon moving upstream and juveniles heading downstream as smolts. The Vaki counter had been causing a few concerns...
Electrofishing in the upper Girvan
Whilst the recent rain and high waters in Ayrshire Rivers are great for anglers, it can present a problem when it comes to completing our annual summer juvenile salmonid electrofishing surveys (amongst other things, high flows lower catch efficiency and make it unsafe...
Midges and surveys
Drizzle doesn't stop us from electrofishing but midges might one day! We started on the upper Ayr timed surveys today. This allows a rapid assessment of stocks and comparison with previous years performance. Timed surveys are fry surveys but it's always nice when we...
Doon Fencing update
We are still continuing with erecting riparian fencing as and when our fencer is available. Riparian fencing can make all the difference to water and habitat quality and the images below illustrate just how effective it can be. By excluding livestock, bank stability...
Light at the end of the tunnel?
The Culroy Burn has been the focus of much attention in an effort to reduce the sediment entering the Doon and improve spawning success in the burn. There's always been some difficulty getting landowner support for one stretch in particular but after a very positive...
Kilmarnock Water fish passage
We received design drawings of a rock ramp fish pass for consultation from Scottish Water today and nipped up to Cheapside Street in Kilmarnock to cast fresh eyes over the weir and drawings. We first highlighted the issues over the partial collapse of this weir when...
Greenock Water erosion…addressing the problems
In keeping with other work we are doing at the moment, Muir and I met with a landowner this morning to see what we could suggest to stabilise rapidly eroding river banks. The site we visited was on the Greenock Water, an important tributary of the Ayr. For years the...
Upper Irvine Erosion
Following up on the SEPA's demonstration event of last Autumn where we attended to offer support to SEPA's engineering team and advice to farmers over green engineering techniques, Muir and I revisited the Upper Irvine site which continues to suffer considerable...
Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
