News
Stinchar timed electrofishing results
Following the survey of the Girvan on Friday and the very poor results we recoded in the lower river as a result of the fish mortality incident that occurred in July, we headed to the Stinchar this morning to see how it fared as it too had suffered from a similar...
Girvan timed results, good and bad
As regular readers will be aware, there was a fairly significant fish mortality episode on the lower Girvan just a few weeks ago towards the end of the very hot spell of weather. It wasn't just the Girvan that was affected, the Stinchar at the same time suffered...
Doon Fencing proposals agreed
On the instructions of the Board, ART staff have been working to secure agreements between famers and landowners to fence key areas within the catchment. Whilst we still await positive responses from landowners on the Culroy Burn, we are hopeful that the land agents...
At last a real spate on the Ayr
While all the other Ayrshire Rivers have had a decent run of water at some point over the last 2 weeks, the Ayr had been rather short changed by comparison. This morning when I checked river levels, I was pleased to see that the Ayr and all other rivers were flowing...
Chapelton Burn, Doon catchment
I had a quick look at the Chapelton Burn in the Doon catchment today when passing. I think this is the first time in a long while that the water clarity has been as good as it was today. The burn is heavily modified and impacted by agriculture. 50 years ago this was...
Catrine job number 2 update
For fear of being accused of favouring the Ayr in our posts, I'd like to point out that wherever works of this nature take place on our rivers, we would be monitoring and involved regardless of which river it was. Shortly, the Ford at Dean Castle will see works...
CIRB tenders – Japanese Knotweed 2014
Our Japanese Knotweed tenders have now been verified and are available to download below. We have arranged the Pre-Tender meeting to take place on Tuesday 12th August 2014. This will be in at ART offices which are located at 1 Gibbs Yard, Auchincruive Estate, Ayr,...
New work underway at Catrine
With the old footbridge between Daldorch House and Catrine replaced the final works to stabilise the Daldorch wall is now underway. Contractors today constructed a ramp into the river to allow a tracked machine access. Rocks have been pulled back from the undermined...
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River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
