by Stuart Brabbs | Apr 13, 2015 | General
Following our visit to the Culroy last week when we never even saw a minnow which I thought unusual, we briefly headed there today armed with electrofishing equipment to check that there hadn’t been a disaster overwinter. Muir, our new biologist came along and...
by Stuart Brabbs | Apr 12, 2015 | Conservation, General
Instead of heading further south as I’d planned today, I noticed the river Ayr was very dirty this morning and decided to investigate this instead. The Ayr has many problems leading to poor juvenile production and a decline in fish stocks, not least...
by Stuart Brabbs | Apr 12, 2015 | General
We have been working with the Doon DSFB to deliver fencing on burns and areas most in need of improvement. Essentially this is a partnership approach with SEPA included as part of the project. Delivering improvements for fish, habitat and water quality relies on...
by Stuart Brabbs | Apr 8, 2015 | Conservation
We have been in discussion for some time with the landowner on the Culroy Burn where erosion appears to be contributing to silt problems further downstream. The burn is eroding prime agricultural land at an alarming rate and it is not only us but also the landowner...
by Stuart Brabbs | Apr 6, 2015 | General
The Trust staff don’t really take fixed holidays unless someone desperately wants them, (Christmas and New year being the exception), so this morning it was work as usual. A new member of staff joined the team today so it was nice to be able to welcome Muir...
by Stuart Brabbs | Apr 2, 2015 | General
by Stuart Brabbs | Mar 27, 2015 | Conservation, fishing
I came across this video clip on YouTube and couldn’t help but see the similarities of this approach to what we do in Ayrshire and other Trusts across Scotland are also delivering. We may not have resources to work on this scale individually or to produce such...
by Stuart Brabbs | Mar 25, 2015 | Conservation, fishing
Finally water levels are approaching the required depth to allow us to effectively net the reservoir before it is full drained down. Levels are dropping by 700mm per day and our target level could be reached next week if there’s no more rainfall. While we are...