Surveys pre Gravel Cleaning
We’ve been planning to perform experimental gravel cleaning on a few sites on the Ayr that are affected by siltation or enrichment. The aim will be to see if by removing the fine sediments that choke the spawning beds, whether we can increase egg survival and...Catrine Dam fish counter
As Catrine Community Trust work towards their ambition of generating electricity from the revamped Hydro scheme that once delivered power to the Cotton mills in the village, ART staff paid the site a visit today after hearing that the Vaki Counter has been installed....Drumtree Water Fish Rescue
Gordon, Muir and I were at the Drumtree Water (a tributary of the Fenwick Water) last week to carry out a fish rescue ahead of the watercourse being diverted to allow the contractors to install a new water supply pipeline. A fish rescue was necessary as the section of...Ponesk Burn recovery
Back in 2011 we rescued and relocated salmon and trout from the lower Ponesk prior to Scottish Coal relocating the burn to its current location late that year. This move was to allow them to access coal reserves below the old course of the river. As soon as we...Follow up to Kilkerran Erosion
(See earlier posts from April 2016 if you would like to read more on this erosion control) After the volunteers and Trust’s effort to try and bring some improvements to the eroding banks at Kilkerran on the Girvan earlier this Spring, Muir and I revised...Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
