by Struan Candlish | Sep 11, 2026 | General, Invasives
Last month we were invited back on to the Farming and Water Scotland Podcast to discuss Invasive Non-Native Plant (INNPS) control across Ayrshire. The link to this conversation is available at...
by Carolyn Bryce | Jul 13, 2026 | Events, General
Our annual general meeting will be held at Stair Community Hall on the 29th July 2026 starting at 6.15pm. The AGM is open to members only – if you plan on attending please let us know us know by emailing us at info@ayrshireriverstrust.org.
by Struan Candlish | Apr 28, 2026 | Events, General
Job Advert Office Administrator/Bookkeeper Ayrshire Rivers Trust is looking to recruit an Office Administrator/Bookkeeper to support staff, organise and run the office and perform clerical duties at our base near Mauchline. There may also be opportunities/requirement...
by Struan Candlish | Oct 14, 2025 | Conservation, General
A couple of weeks ago I had the please of speaking with Alex Pirie from the Farm Advisory Service for his podcast ‘Thrill of the Hill’ the title of our episode being ‘When the Rivers Run Free – Restoring our Waterways’. This is our third...
by Struan Candlish | Oct 8, 2025 | Electrofishing, fishing, General
Over the last couple of weeks we’ve been carrying out surveys across the Girvan catchment – specifically in the tributaries to understand of how well used the burns were by salmon over the winter last year. We have several reference sites that we try to...
by Struan Candlish | Sep 8, 2025 | Conservation, Electrofishing, General
The week before last we were undertaking surveys to assess salmon production across some of the burns in the Doon catchment. One of these surveys was in the upper Purclewan Burn which drains Martnaham Loch and enters the River Doon just downstream of Dalrymple. The...