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Catrine Fish Pass UPDATE
Work has continued this week at Catrine and I headed there this afternoon to check progress. The first thing I noticed was the large beech tree beside the path had been felled. I'm not sure if this is part of the ongoing works, but I would be surprised as it wasn't an...
AGM
Just a reminder that our AGM will be held tomorrow evening (Wednesday 19th Feb 2014) at 6.00pm. The meeting will take place in the new office at 1 Gibbs Yard, Auchincrive, KA6 5HW. (Enter Auchincrive campus in the traditional way and at the junction, turn right and...
Bailiff Training – Last session
Just a quick note to let candidates for the bailiff exam know that there will be one more training session before the exam. This will be held at the Trust offices on Friday the 28th of February from 7pm to 9pm. This will be the last session before the...
Latest catch statistics for Ayrshire (2012 & 2013)
Annually the Trust compiles the DSFB and Irvine catch data to report to the ASFB. This is then published in the ASFB annual report and allows owners, anglers and visitors to compare rivers. It is always a thankless task, chasing up missing data but with the deadline...
Progress at Catrine
I headed to Catrine this morning to see how work to the fish pass was progressing. After the job being stopped until a few issues were resolved, the contractors are back on site again this week. Yesterdays constant snow and rain in the upper Ayr catchment brought the...
Girvan Slurry Incident update
I received an update today from SEPA regarding the slurry incident at the Penwhapple Burn that I reported on this blog last Friday. I am grateful to SEPA for their prompt action on Friday and this very quick update on the situation they found and the action they...
New Web Cam location required
The Water of Girvan Farson Digital Web Cam has served us all well since it first went live a few years ago. It has on average around 17,ooo unique computers accessing the camera annually with many more hits per year from each of these computers so it's obviously a...
Stinchar issues
Of all the Ayrshire rivers, the Stinchar is often thought of as being without too many water quality issues but of course there are some and after visiting the Girvan yesterday, I carried on to the upper Stinchar for a quick look before the light faded. During high...
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River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
