Purclewan Burn improves
The Purclewan Burn, a Doon tributary which joins just downstream of Dalrymple is a typical Ayrshire lowland burn. It flows through mainly agricultural ground and for many years suffered from diffuse pollution from farm stock access, dairy farming and road run-off. In...Ponesk Fish Rescue (updated)
To enable Scottish Coal to extract substantial coal reserves from below the course of the Ponesk Burn in the upper River Ayr catchment, ART were contracted to rescue as many fish as possible from the burn before the water was diverted. On Tuesday and Wednesday this...Girvan salmon fry electrofishing survey
With the assistance of Tommy Thomson, the River Superintendent, we surveyed eight sites on the Water of Girvan today, starting at Tairlaw Bridge, close to the upper limit of natural salmon access. We found good numbers of salmon fry here and they were significantly...First day electrofishing 2011: Doon salmon fry survey
The full team was out today for our first day electrofishing of the year. We completed 11 timed sites on the River Doon, starting at Doonfoot and finishing at Ness Glen. We fish the same sites each year and we have nine years data now for the Doon so we can start to...Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
