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More Ayr system surveys
We've been back on the Ayr catchment this week surveying regular sites to compare with previous results. We haven't entered the data yet but from memory, the Burnock was comparable to last years results with good numbers of trout being found in these upper river...
Thursday washout
We headed out electrofishing this morning on the off chance that we would find a site fishable but all the rivers and burns were rising and it just wasn't possible. We looked at a few obstacles on the way back to office before I decided to take the afternoon off to go...
Skelmorlie Water
As all the Ayrshire Rivers were still too big to electrofish today, we decided to take a chance and head North to look at a few burns around Largs and Skelmorlie. These coastal burns are small and largely unknown to us so it was an interesting day to see new waters....
More Doon Surveys
Once again we headed to the upper Doon catchment looking at burns. Although the burns rose overnight, they were still fishable. The Cummock Burn at Camlarg was just fishable and slightly coloured but I was keen to see what was there. I had memories of fishing this...
A wet afternoon on the Doon
What started as quite a nice day ended up with the team soaked through as the rain came down at Dalmellington. We had a busy day though, looking at burns around the town and concentrating on the East side of the catchment where most of the past and present mining...
Rivers Conference
We have been asked to present a 40 minute talk on river management at a conference to be held in Grangemouth Town Hall on the 9th October. Our presentation will focus on Integrated Catchment Management, touching on many issues such as biodiversity, invasive species,...
Loch Doon disappointment
We failed to find salmon fry or parr when we electrofished the Carrick Lane and Garple Water today. This was disappointing as the Doon DSFB hatchery has previously stocked the area until 2009 with fry and we had hoped that a self sustaining population would develop....
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River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
