Where to fish after 19mm of rainfall overnight?
We surveyed just one burn today and gave two volunteers an insight into semi quantitative electrofishing survey techniques and purposes. Both Jim and Heather have given the Trust their commitment to regularly turn out and help us and we in turn are assisting them to...Irvine, Annick and Garnock Timed Surveys
We commenced the Irvine timed survey last week (on 14th August) unsure what was happening with water levels. When we left the office last Monday morning, it was pouring and heavy rain had been forecast overnight. As it turned out, the river was at a nice height and we...Timed Surveys completed on the 4 DSFB Rivers
With water levels again fishable we completed the timed survey of the Stinchar last week. Once again, we found excellent results from another Ayrshire river this season. We have two left to do (Irvine and Garnock) so hopefully this dry spell will hold but...Ayr Timed Survey underway
The rain held off last night and we decided to head to the top of the River Ayr and work downstream as we undertook the timed surveys of the Ayr today. Water levels were still dropping so we figured starting at the top of the catchment would work best. Results at the...Loch Doon smolt monitoring
As part of the work we are doing at Loch Doon to assess the migration of salmon through the loch and fish pass, we were there again this week setting a fyke net trap and performing some electrofishing to secure a representative sample of what’s there. This...Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
