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Culroy Burn Minnishant
We surveyed fish on the Culroy Burn (near Minnishant in South Ayrshire) at a couple of sites today ahead of the fencing and bank stabilisation works going ahead in the next week or two. We will fish another site immediately downstream of the work next week. This...
Auchendrane Fish Pass nearing completion UPDATED
At the end of the day on our way back to the office we dropped into Auchendrane on the Doon to see how I & H Boreland Contractors were progressing with the new notch and baulk fish pass. Both side walls were complete and work to the crest and base were underway....
Doon survey
We were out surveying an area on the Doon today looking at the potential impacts of development on the fish and Fresh Water Pearl Mussel population. While it isn't in a spawning area and fry numbers weren't expected to be notable, there were a few fry turning up in...
Giant Hogweed Control – Update
We have been receiving a few calls about giant hogweed over the past week so i though it best that we update everyone on our progress across Ayrshire. Contractors are currently working their way up the Annick Water so should be approaching Stewarton over the next day...
Ayr Electrofishing
Timed surveys got underway today starting on the upper River Ayr. We did't get started until late morning due to a problem that came up however we decided to head straight to the upper catchment as it seemed most likely to have lower water levels than elsewhere and it...
Electrofishing season start on the Fenwick Water
Annually we electrofish burns and rivers across Ayrshire to monitor and investigate fish populations and distribution. This is the only available recognised method to assess fish populations within catchments. We principally use this technique to assess salmon and...
UPDATE – Doon pollution
Here's a quick update on the Diesel pollution in the Doon. The contractors believed to be responsible for diesel leaking into the Macmanniston Burn and then the Doon near Minishant started to resolve the issues yesterday but reports reached me late in the afternoon...
Diesel pollution on the Doon
We are receiving calls from concerned anglers on the River Doon at the moment regarding diesel pollution entering the river near Monkwood. We first attended this incident last week and reported it to SEPA along with several other anglers. After a quick run around the...
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