Sevenacres weir and fish pass – Update
We visited Sevenacres Fish Pass (the first fish pass completed in Scotland in this the International Year of the Salmon) on the Lugton Water today to make sure it was clear of debris and allowing any fish passage that wanted to go through. It was ok but there was a...Doonfoot Primary School Visit.
Last week we payed a second visit to some of the pupils at Doonfoot Primary School. With the River Doon raging an in river electrofishing demonstration unfortunately was not a possibility. Rather than let the pupils miss out on getting to see fish up close we managed...Garnock Connections – promoting green bank restoration techniques
Ayrshire Rivers Trust in conjunction with SRUC Advisory Service have produced a video to promote green engineering techniques through the Garnock Connections Project. ART has funding available for landowners in the Garnock Catchment who wish to stabilise eroding river...Ayrshire National Electrofishing Surveys Complete!
Earlier today we completed our 30th site for the National Electrofishing Programme (NEPS), all that remains is for the site information to be uploaded to the database now. The final site was on the Glazert Burn, a feeder burn of the Annick Water. A single trout was...Macroinvertebrate Monitoring
As part of our monitoring strategy for many projects we collect invertebrate samples. Different types of macro invertebrates are more tolerant to changes in water quality parameters than others. This allows us to determine changes in water quality. For instance if...Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
