News
Catrine update
Although there hasn't been much to report recently, that doesn't mean things have ground to a halt. Yesterday the contractors poured a huge mortar slab which was setting up nicely today. The base to the fish pass extension was poured last week and today, the...
Girvan pollution update
Following our visit yesterday where we discovered a slurry pollution situation at a farm in the Barlewan catchment, I am pleased to report that the landowners have taken our concerns on board and cleaned up the affected area. I am grateful to them for their prompt...
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....
Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
