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Do you apply a flea treatment to your pet? If so read this…

by Struan Candlish | Jan 23, 2018 | Conservation, General

Here’s a link to an interesting article concerning animals recently treated with flea controlling chemicals. These treatments contain chemicals that have been found to be entering watercourses having harmful effects on fish as well as invertebrates. Of great...

A look at Sundrum Falls on the Water of Coyle

by Struan Candlish | Jan 15, 2018 | Conservation, fishing, General

Myself and Muir took a trip out to get images of Sundrum Falls (aka Ness Linn) on the Coyle on Friday afternoon. We have a photograph dating back to the late 1960s of the falls (see below).     The top photo shows the falls some 25/30 meters further...

Northern February red stonefly – Buglife Scotland, Citizen Science Project

by Struan Candlish | Jan 12, 2018 | Conservation, General

If you’re out and about on the river banks over the next couple of months keep an eye out for the Brachytera putata, Northern February red stonefly, a species only found in Scottish watercourses. Craig Macadam of Buglife Scotland is mapping the locations of...

Ayrshire Rivers Maps ***Christmas Sale***

by Stuart Brabbs | Dec 8, 2017 | Conservation, Events, General, Uncategorized

For the Christmas period only we are offering a 25% discount on all our river maps; Stinchar, Ayr and Doon. These maps detail all the named beats and all the named salmon pools on each of the rivers. Just follow the link below:...

A Theory about salmon declines on the Tweed (and around Scotland?)

by Stuart Brabbs | Dec 2, 2017 | Conservation, General

The video describes how the run times of the types of Tweed Salmon have changed over the centuries. The information comes from a long term study that was made by the Tweed Foundation using historic Tweed Salmon catches, mostly from the netting stations. It shows that...

Upper Stinchar video filmed at the start of salmon spawning in 2017

by Stuart Brabbs | Dec 1, 2017 | Conservation, fishing, General

We visited the upper Stinchar in search of salmon spawning a couple of days ago and filmed this beautiful wee river on a bright winter’s day. We had also been rescuing fish from a burn on the Duisk ahead of emergency repairs taking place so while we did have...
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  • Podcasting with the Farm Advisory Service. October 14, 2025
  • ART AGM October 10, 2025
  • Girvan Tributary Surveys October 8, 2025
  • Japanese knotweed control on the Stinchar. September 16, 2025
  • Autumn surveys continue. September 10, 2025
  • Purclewan Burn Electrofishing September 8, 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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