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Mill Dam, Darvel
After years in the pipeline and disappointment after disappointment, we have decided once again to attempt to ease fish passage at Mill Dam Darvel. Today Helen and I met with Martin from a Syphon Fish Pass consultancy to look at the possibility of using new technology...
Quadcopter survey tool
We bought a quadcopter flying machine through CIRB last year with the intention of using it to survey for invasive weeds in difficult to access areas . Of course it was also destined to be used for other things such as aerial assessment of erosion and morphological...
Video clip of spate at Catrine dam.
Here is the link to a short video shot at Catrine dam this morning. Good to see the river flowing again but unfortunately this will delay progress and ultimately completion of the work at Anderson's by around a week. Whilst at the dam, we saw three salmon turn...
River Ayr District Salmon Fishery Board AGM
Please find below details of the River Ayr DSFB AGM as advertised in the local press. River Ayr District Salmon Fishery Board Notice of the Annual General Meeting and Annual Public Meeting of the River Ayr District...
Spate on the Ayr – Fish moving through Catrine
I thought I'd give a quick update of the situation at Catrine now that there is a spate underway. There are salmon moving freely through the dam and ladder and we watched as several showed in the pool upstream. More were seen in the site itself. This is a relief that...
Doon Fencing Project
With the River Doon District Salmon Fishery Board generously making available a substantial sum of funding to assist landowners with fencing of riparian margins, we have been out and about visiting farmers and measuring up burns. So far we have agreements in principle...
Catrine Works update (Wednesday – 2 visits)
This morning I headed to Catrine to see what progress had been made to Andersons. Unfortunately there was no progress to erect formwork or pour concrete but after speaking to the site agent he informed me that they would hopefully be starting today. I had a look at...
Catrine Dam update
Work to the dam continues and I arrived yesterday morning to speak to the site agent about various concerns and was faced with a rapidly emptying Anderson's pool with at least one adult salmon swimming around in the mirky water. I call the office immediately and asked...
Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
