A Strange Fishy Tale from the Doon

We received a call about dead salmon on the Doon last Friday. I asked Gordon to have a look for me and find out what had happened.An hour and a half later, Gordon returned with photos but none of us were any clearer what had happened to these fish. In all about 10...

Fish Rescue Day 2

Once again the Kilmarnock Water didn’t disappoint as we finished off the fish rescue we started yesterday. We arrived at 9.00am and set up. Gillian and team carried on where we left off yesterday with the bankside and generator set. Helen, Kyle and myself went...

Culroy Burn

Following up on the surveys we undertook on the Culroy Burn last year, I decided to take a look at it today on my way back from a farm visit. We recently had a report of American Signal Crayfish on this burn. Although a bit early in the season yet, I thought I would...

Pundeavon Reservoir

We were at Pundeavon Reservoir today to work out how best to survey the fish and habitat prior to Scottish Water removing the dam wall. This redundant reservoir is no longer fit for purpose and if left as a fishery would increasingly pose a flooding risk to the...

CIRB Conference, Belfast

The staff were in Northern Ireland this week attending the CIRB conference on Invasive Species and their control. ART are a  partner in the CIRB project and it is this project that has allowed us to control so many areas affected by Non Native Invasive Weeds since...