Turnberry Fish Rescue
The Milton Burn at Turnberry was the focus of our fish rescue yesterday. Reputedly a sea trout burn, we had little data from this burn in the lower reaches so it was an interesting experience regardless of a rather poor result. W & A Gilbert contractors working...Assessing stocking success on the Stottencleugh Burn
Over winter, we reared brown trout in a micro hatchery at Glenbuck near the source of the River Ayr. This project was designed to overcome the water quality and habitat issues that affect the lower reaches of the burn where trout from the loch spawn unsuccessfully...Temperature loggers and today’s travels.
We record water temperature data across the Ayr catchment that feeds into the Scottish River Temperature Monitoring Network and helps identify areas on rivers that would benefit from such actions as tree planting. Follow this link for much more detail...Trout rising to the hatch
We often hear complaints that there are no trout in the Ayr despite what we would consider to be a reasonably healthy population. The calls we hear in support of stocking aren’t unique to the Ayr and it seems this strategy is the first option for some clubs and...Smolts in the lade at Catrine 2020
I filmed a large number of smolts in the lade at Catrine on Sunday 3rd May. Typically we are bang in the middle of the salmon smolt migration period and also typically, we are short of water as there’s only been 18mm of rain in the middle of the Ayr catchment...Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
