News
Culroy Burn improvements
Following our green engineering work and fencing on the Culroy Burn earlier this summer, we had to wait some time for rain to swell the burn and test our efforts. This morning I returned to the burn to see how our green bank works performed at the start of September...
Crayfish Control…and hands on experience
ART have experience of controlling American Signal Crayfish gained during the eradication attempt at Ballachulish Quarry in 2012 when ART provided 3 staff to assist. This was a large but isolated quarry pond that had been infested by an original release of...
Update on the Crayfish situation
Following our confirmation that American Signal Crayfish have been found in the Ayr catchment earlier this week, we have been continuing to trap in an effort to establish the extent of the problem. We aren't attempting to control these creatures but rather establish...
American Signal Crayfish turn up in an Ayrshire River
Following up on a report by a local angling club, that an American Signal Crayfish (ASC) had been seen in a local river, we obtained the necessary licences to commence trapping in an attempt to confirm the sighting. At the moment, we won't confirm the river or the...
School pupils enjoy a day out.
When schools ask for our assistance, very rarely do we ever refuse as education is central to the ethos of the Trust. Today we were joined by a group of advanced higher biology pupils from Wellington School in Ayr who wanted to look at different aquatic invertebrates...
Purclewan Burn is improving
We were joined by a schoolboy on work experience experience today and he's going to be with us for the rest of the week. After catching up with the necessary paperwork and sorting out a few emails, we decided to pack away equipment that we won't use for the rest of...
River Doon District Salmon Fishery Board meeting
The next River Doon DSFB meeting will be held on Wednesday 4th November 2015 at 3.30pm in Frazer Coogans Solicitors office, Dalblair House, 46 Dalblair Road, Ayr KA7 1UQ. This meeting is open to the public.
An interesting day
Every day is interesting at the Trust but some more than others. Today's work came about rather unexpectedly due to a vehicle breakdown. Our reliable and hard worked Citroen Van has developed a small fault with its immobiliser after the key 'plipper' was immersed last...
Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
