Cloudburst leads to extreme siltation
Gordon and Alba (our Spanish Student) has been at Failford injecting a stand of Japanese Knotweed for research purposes for most of the day returning to the office around 4.00pm. There had been no rain which we were relieved about as we had contractors on the river...Scales from a big fish
We were fortunate enough to receive scale samples from a 19lb River Ayr salmon caught a few weeks ago on the lower river. The fish had been frozen and the captor managed to take a sample for us after I made the request for which I’m very grateful and I have to...River Irvine Catchment works update
The weir at Newmilns is now just a memory but the river is still finding its own level. With last weekends large spate, there have been considerable changes to the run and pool. The head of the run has cut down into the bed emptying the shallow pool upstream. The deep...Giant Hogweed Discovered on Doon Catchment
While out and about Stuart spotted what looked like some Giant Hogweed plants next to Springwater Fishery near Dalrymple. As he had only seen these from a distance myself and Helen went to have a look yesterday and found a good few plants over the back of the banking...River Levels
I regularly check the Scottish Environment Protection Agency web site for the latest hydrographs detailing river flows. SEPA has Gauging stations on many rivers and burn across Scotland where they monitor daily flows and the data collected is published on their...Lugar Pollution
Yesterday I reported on a pollution incident that occurred on the Lugar. I have more details now although just how serious an incident this has been remains unclear. I understand that a small number of fish were observed dead, downstream of the point where water used...Pollution incident resulting in fish killed
This afternoon I received word from SEPA that an incident near Auchinleck last night has led to fish dying in the Lugar. I have little information as yet but it appears that a fire at farm buildings on Dumfries Estate (or in that vicinity) led to the pollution. SEPA...Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
