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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...
Muck Water follow up
Since installing the first 30+ tonnes of boulders at the Muck Water in an attempt to improve the habitat, particularly for salmon, we returned over the last two days to seek opinions from Glasgow University specialists in river engineering and a SEPA hydro...
Next River Ayr DSFB meeting
The date of the next River Ayr District Salmon Fishery Board meeting is Tuesday 5th July at 7.00pm in Ayrshire Rivers Trust's offices. This is a public meeting.
Healthy Rivers, Healthy Communities – Education
Last year we managed to secure a small amount of funding from Greggs which would allow us to deliver a project to a small number of schools in conjunction with the Clyde River Foundation. Last year we delivered the first part of the project to P5/6 at Greenmill...
Muck Water habitat improvements
Another day and another job. This time it was placing suitable boulders in the Muck Water near Dalmellington to improve juvenile habitat in the burn which was modified and moved 100 years ago. The instream habitat lacked diversity and large substrate material...
Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
