by Struan Candlish | Jun 30, 2025 | Conservation, General
At the start of June we ventured out of Ayrshire to work with Lomond Fisheries Trust to install baffles in two culverts on the Fruin system that were preventing migratory fish access to the upper habitats. This is work that is being supported by the Wild Fisheries...
by Stuart Brabbs | Jun 1, 2025 | Conservation, General, Projects
With some time passing since we gave any update on the Nethermills counter on the Ayr, I thought now was as good a time as any. What became obvious to us after commencing this project back in 2022 was that it was never going to be as simple as download an accurate...
by Struan Candlish | Apr 18, 2025 | Conservation, General, Projects
Our final tree planting job for this season was in the Stinchar valley on the Pinmullan Burn, a small but productive tributary of the upper catchment. It isn’t ideal weather for planting owing to the dry, warm weather we been enjoying this spring and it is a...
by Struan Candlish | Apr 10, 2025 | Conservation, Green engineering, Projects
With the tree planting season about over until next winter, we have a couple of pressing jobs that must be completed this week. Hopefully the forecast rain at the weekend will help them establish quickly as they burst into life but we will water them anyway as a...
by Struan Candlish | Feb 13, 2025 | Conservation, General
In October last year we removed a concrete weir on the Davington Burn, a tributary of the Border Esk. Having won the contract, we worked with Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) to remove the weir and restore the burn to its natural state, reconnecting...
by Struan Candlish | Dec 12, 2024 | Conservation, General, Projects
We were recently joined by Jon Gibb for the Wild Fisheries Fund to look at the Maucline Burn (Ayr catchment) and Brockloch Burn (Doon catchment) where we have been busy fencing, tree planting and green engineering along with solving livestock watering issues. The...