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Annual General Meeting 26th October 2023.

by Struan Candlish | Oct 17, 2023 | Events, General | 0 Comments

We are holding our AGM next week on Thursday 26th October at 6pm. If you would like to attend the meeting please contact us for details by calling 01290 518130, or email info@ayrshireriverstrust.org.

Green Engineering on the Water of Girvan – Nature Restoration Fund

by Struan Candlish | Oct 11, 2023 | Conservation, General, Green engineering, Projects | 0 Comments

We've recently completed bank regrading and green engineering at our NatureScot funded project, Greening the Banks of the Water of Girvan. The site consisted of over 50 meters of sheer eroding banking that was contributing tonnes of sand and silt to the Girvan...

Notice of Girvan Board Meeting 25th October 2023

by Struan Candlish | Oct 11, 2023 | Events, fishing, General | 0 Comments

NOTICE OF MEETING RIVER GIRVAN DISTRICT SALMON FISHERY BOARD Date of Meeting: Wednesday 25th October, 2023 Venue: Carrick Centre, Culzean Road, Maybole,...

NEPS Completed!

by Struan Candlish | Sep 12, 2023 | Conservation, Electrofishing, General | 0 Comments

We completed our last NEPS (National Electrofishing Programme for Scotland) site on Friday afternoon last week. The Programme has us survey 30 sites randomly generated to prevent operative selection bias. These surveys are always interesting due to the random nature...

Trust replaces their old van

by Carolyn Bryce | Jul 26, 2023 | General | 0 Comments

Unfortunately nothing last forever and for the second time in 2 years, our oldest Citroen Belingo van snapped a timing belt but this time it was at the start of our field work season leaving us with a terrible dilemma of 'what to do' now. We really need 2 vans year...

Ayr fish counter

by Stuart Brabbs | Jul 24, 2023 | Conservation, General | 0 Comments

Behind the scenes, work continues on the counter every week with our staff cleaning the equipment and downloading more data. Processing and verifying this data all takes a huge amount of time and while may not pick up every fish that goes through it yet, eventually we...

eDNA sampling at Loch Doon

by Stuart Brabbs | Jul 18, 2023 | General | 0 Comments

We completed the much delayed eDNA sampling at Loch Doon today but had the good fortune to have almost wind free conditions. Having virtually no wind was great from a safety perspective but in true Ayrshire fashion, there was a bit of wet weather to contend with but...