River Irvine fish passage impeded/blocked!
For the last two days we’ve been trying to establish exactly what is going on at the Queen’s Viaduct in the lower Irvine. This week work commenced in the tidal waters just upstream of the viaduct carrying the main Stranraer to Glasgow Central rail line. It...Pollution, pollution and more pollution!
With two teams out electrofishing most days, it’s not really surprising we are finding more pollution than when we are stuck behind a desk in the office but it is disappointing that silage effluent and slurry incidents continue to happen in Ayrshire. In the last...Gravel cleaning sites
The Ayr DSFB bailiffs and ART staff will be cleaning gravel before spawning later this year to attempt to improve productivity. We are planning to clean sites where the bed is concreted/ compacted or silted. There may be several reasons for these issues however we...Culroy Burn Minnishant
We surveyed fish on the Culroy Burn (near Minnishant in South Ayrshire) at a couple of sites today ahead of the fencing and bank stabilisation works going ahead in the next week or two. We will fish another site immediately downstream of the work next week. This...Auchendrane Fish Pass nearing completion UPDATED
At the end of the day on our way back to the office we dropped into Auchendrane on the Doon to see how I & H Boreland Contractors were progressing with the new notch and baulk fish pass. Both side walls were complete and work to the crest and base were underway....Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
