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Good news at last from the Ayr
We don't often report good news about fish stocks on the Ayr but I'm pleased to say we can today. Well in fact it's not the Ayr but the Ponesk Burn in the upper Ayr catchment. This burn was moved to allow coal to be extracted from below it in 2010. This wasn't the...
Last day habitat surveying in the Garnock Catchment
Finally after what has been a hard few days, we reached the end of the fish and fish habitat surveys required on the upper Garnock catchment today. We have one more survey of the pipe track to undertake later in the week but this has nothing to do with rivers or fish....
Glenmuir electrofishing indicates worrying trend
Last week, we fished the upper gravel extraction site on the Glenmuir whilst waiting on the backpack equipment to be repaired. ART has fished this site annually since 2006 and this years results were poorer than any other. With this in mind, I looked at the results...
Garnock Surveys
We continued with the surveys in the upper Garnock catchment today in advance of a hydro scheme being developed. We fished the Paduff Burn at two locations and a further site on the Pundeavon. The Paduff (aka Jock's Burn) is a nice sized burn that has decent stocks of...
Catrine progress report
Work has continued at Catrine Dam and I visited on the way home last night to see for myself. The mortar is nearly complete on the dam back and by this evening two of the three remaining bays will have been poured. The final section will be completed on Friday this...
CIRB – Isle Of Arran
The job takes me to some very nice places sometimes and Sunday was no exception. A braw Sunday morning and the ferry to Arran was the order of the day. CIRB project staff had previously visited the island in August last year...
Garnock Weir
After last weeks surveys on the upper Garnock, we returned this morning to complete the electrofishing above the Garnock Weir. This is remote and inaccessible habitat so we were glad that the rain was off and the sun was trying to break through. Loaded like pack...
Another day on the Garnock
Heavy rain this morning forced a change of plans when we arrived in Kilbirnie again this morning. Instead of heading out across moorland to remote sites on the upper Garnock I decided it was a safer option to fish the Pundeavon Burn. The water was clear when we...
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River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
