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Easing Barriers with Lomond Fisheries Trust

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...

Nethermills Counter update: Artificial Intelligence will soon take over!

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...

Tree Planting on the Pinmullan Burn – Stinchar Catchment

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...

Nether Wellwood Green Engineering

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...

Removing the Davington Weir on the Border Esk.

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...

Wild Fisheries Fund Project Video.

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...
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Latest News

  • Japanese knotweed control on the Stinchar. September 16, 2025
  • Autumn surveys continue. September 10, 2025
  • Purclewan Burn Electrofishing September 8, 2025
  • Monitoring the Recovery of the Brockloch Burn. August 29, 2025
  • Summer Surveys August 29, 2025
  • 2025 Timed Electrofishing Results July 30, 2025

Current Projects

  • Ayrshire Grown November 14, 2023
  • Wellwood Project – 2022 December 13, 2022
  • Greenock Culvert Fish Pass -2022 December 13, 2022
  • River Ayr Giant Hogweed Control – Ongoing since 2018 December 13, 2022
  • Loch Doon Smolt Tracking March 1, 2019
  • Rivers and Lochs In The Classroom – 2017 March 1, 2019

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  • Fisherman’s Map of the River Doon – only £25 plus p&p
  • Fisherman’s Map of the River Stinchar – only £22 plus p&p

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  • Japanese knotweed control on the Stinchar.
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