News
Spray training and examinations
Meryl arranged for her Carrick volunteers to receive NPTC PA6AW training on the 17th and 18th of the month. Her candidates were well prepared for the examinations that got underway today and by the time I left the office, I heard that several had successfully...
Himalayan Balsam success
This year we attempted to widen our balsam control to assess the effectiveness of different techniques but unfortunately by the time the contracts were awarded and the winners notified, the balsam was beginning to set seed so rather than experiment with strimming and...
Himalayan Balsam Alert….River Ayr!!!!!
Our electrofishing kit broke down today so I knocked off work early and headed to the River Ayr for a cast or two. I was fishing my way down the Nursery Pool when something caught my eye. I finished fishing the pool and went back for a look and sure enough, there was...
Culroy follow up and Netherton Burn
We returned to finish off the Culroy today conscious that the DSFB had stocked fed fry from their hatchery operation yesterday. With this in mind, I wanted to avoid catching the stockies as much as possible but electrofishing isn't selective so I decided to fish a new...
Blank day on the Culroy
After emptying the van of equipment from the Arran trip and disinfecting waders etc, we headed off to the Culroy Burn on the Doon catchment to electrofish our usual sites and a few new ones too. Results last year weren't great, in fact, on the whole they were poor but...
Arran Invasive Weeds Event
The weather wasn't kind to us on Saturday morning and we sailed to Arran through rain and gale force wind, but things soon improved and we were pleased to see the sun break through just before our training event commenced at 12.30pm. Emma Downie, Gordon McDermid and...
Stinchar electrofishing
This week we have been busy electrofishing on the Duisk and Stinchar catchments. I haven't posted any photos as I lost my camera on Monday, but thankfully when we started backtracking in search of it, Struan found it lying behind a wall at the Feoch Burn. It must have...
Bailiff’s updates.
The River Ayr and River Irvine bailiffs have been busy keeping an eye on things. Both rivers are receiving the unwanted attention of poachers at present but thanks to the bailiffs, several nets have been recovered and a number of people have been reported for illegal...
Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
