by Stuart Brabbs | May 22, 2015 | Conservation, General
I make no apologies for another post following the Woody Debris/ green engineering theme and there will more to follow as work progresses on the Culroy Burn later this summer. Last year Kilkerran Estate took steps to protect two rapidly eroding banks using green...
by Stuart Brabbs | May 14, 2015 | Conservation, General
Muir and I attended a 2 day workshop in Argyll organised by Argyll Fisheries Trust, funded by Ibis and delivered (in part) by the Wild Trout Trust to examine the benefits and see the improvements of introducing (or leaving) Large Woody Debris (LWD) in rivers. This...
by Stuart Brabbs | May 10, 2015 | Conservation, General
The upgrade at Dean Ford is virtually complete and should again open to traffic very shortly. This is a huge improvement over the ford and will allow salmon and trout to move up and downstream in virtually any height of water. There can’t be much left to do...
by Stuart Brabbs | Apr 30, 2015 | Conservation, General
Max Stobbs called today to inform me that he thought he’s spotted a water vole at Belston. It appears he’s seen it a few time in front of the cabin which made me suspect it may be a rat so I asked him for a photo to confirm it’s identity. Both photos...
by Stuart Brabbs | Apr 29, 2015 | Conservation, General
We scaled our operation down today but still managed to net more wee trout. No rainbow or eels turned up in the nets, just lovely but small brownies. We started by emptying the fyke nets left overnight fully expecting to capture trout and eels but unfortunately it was...
by Stuart Brabbs | Apr 28, 2015 | Conservation, General
After an arduous shift yesterday, we set off bright an early for another day of netting at Caaf Reservoir. We had Max and Jim with us to help with relocating the fish to their new locations. Gary Anderson as ever was willing to get stuck in and that literally means...