News
Girvan survey
Rather than wait for our malfunctioning back pack to be returned from Germany where it is with the manufacturer for repair, Helen and I set off lugging bankside equipment on one of the hottest days of the year. We tried to pick accessible sites so that we wouldn't...
CIRB – Volunteer meetings (Carrick area – Girvan and Stinchar Catchments)
As a follow on from the Carrick Invasives project we will still be controlling Himalayan Balsam and Japanese Knotweed under the CIRB project for 2014. I will be holding two meetings in the coming weeks to meet with the volunteers that were trained under the Carrick...
Ayr Timed survey completed
The remainder of the Ayr timed sites were completed yesterday and results were more encouraging than those found on the lower river. I'm relieved to say that on the whole of the upper sites performed reasonably in complete contrast to sites on the lower river. There...
River Ayr timed electrofishing is underway
We started our time electrofishing surveys today and intend to continue on all the rivers next week, weather permitting. The River Ayr results have been disappointing for several years and 2014 results don't look very encouraging so far, either. We start at the lower...
North Ayrshire Surveys
We were contracted to look at two of the less well known rivers across Ayrshire, the Noddsdale and the Gogo. Plans to develop a hydro scheme on the Gogo required that some assessment of the fish population was undertaken. Last year we spent some time at both rivers...
Shrinking salmon
Here's an interesting video from CNN about the declining size of Scottish salmon. Interesting points raised here and some that arose at the Girvan DSFB meeting this evening....
Pollution impact assessment
As a result of the pollution incident on the Fenwick Water on Monday, we decided that it was appropriate to do some assessment of the impact. Helen and I armed with the electrofishing equipment headed to Townhead, just a short distance downstream of the area affected...
Pollution incidents today
After 5.00pm appears to be a favourite time to discover pollution and this makes it difficult for people to report it to SEPA, but it doesn't really.... just dial the number as normal and your call will be answered by someone in East Kilbride who can action a...
Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
