Laggansarroch Viaduct works

by | Sep 17, 2014 | General

We dropped into the Laggansarroch Viaduct site after the Stinchar DSFB meeting this evening. Concerns had been raised at the meeting regarding the quality of the work and having seen it first hand this evening I have to agree. The armour rock reinforcing added to the...

Last habitat survey on the Garnock

by | Sep 15, 2014 | General

As I said in a previous post we were back for one last visit at the Garnock to survey the habitat where the pipeline crosses. This wasn’t a water course survey but rather a look at the habitat and plants to allow assessment of the impact of a  pipeline. It meant...

Intimation

by | Sep 13, 2014 | General

We were saddened to hear of the death of Douglas Stewart last Tuesday. Douglas was a keen River Doon angler and supporter of the Trust and will be  sadly missed. Our condolences go to all his family.

Catrine Works – Progress update

by | Sep 12, 2014 | General

First to avoid confusion, there are two separate jobs underway at Catrine, the large weir contract that has progressed throughout the summer. Second contract is the Daldorch wall underpinning. The contractors are different as are the organisations responsible for the...

More good news from the Ayr catchment

by | Sep 10, 2014 | Electrofishing, General

We have just about completed our Board commitments on the Ayr for 2014 electrofishing season but following last night’s Board meeting, I headed back to the upper catchment to look at a couple of sites where we will be gravel cleaning later this year in an effort...

Good news at last from the Ayr

by | Sep 9, 2014 | Electrofishing

We don’t often report good news about fish stocks on the Ayr but I’m pleased to say we can today. Well in fact it’s not the Ayr but the Ponesk Burn in the upper Ayr catchment. This burn was moved to allow coal to be extracted from below it in 2010....