by Struan Candlish | Feb 20, 2022 | Conservation, Events, General
Another week on the books at Wellwood and another step closer to the completion of our NatureScot project. Give our short video a watch to see what we’ve been up to over the last few days! All our videos are available on our Youtube page...
by Stuart Brabbs | Feb 19, 2022 | Conservation, General
Well today’s weather was better than expected and I am relieved we didn’t cancel or postpone our volunteer tree planting session at Wellwood near Muirkirk on the River Ayr. Weather last week was awful which...
by Struan Candlish | Feb 15, 2022 | Conservation, Events, General
We’ve just wrapped up week 4 on our Nature Scot Restoration Funded project at Wellwood on the River Ayr near Muirkirk. It feels like we’re almost on the home straight with our Wellwood Project, last week saw us fencing and tree planting with volunteers….watch...
by Struan Candlish | Feb 15, 2022 | Conservation, Events, General
We’ve just wrapped up week 3 on our Nature Scot Restoration Funded project at Wellwood on the River Ayr near Muirkirk. Wet, windy and exceptionally cold at times….watch our video to get a little more insight into what we were up to last week! Here’s a link to the...
by Stuart Brabbs | Feb 13, 2022 | Conservation, General
Our first volunteer day planting trees at Wellwood where we have been stabilising bank erosion was without doubt a success. The weather threatened all morning but stayed dry until lunchtime. With the fencer still working in the next area we intended to plant, we...
by Struan Candlish | Feb 2, 2022 | Conservation, Electrofishing, Events, fishing, General, Invasives
Ayrshire Rivers Trust (ART), have secured funding for a 12-week paid trainee placement under the NatureScot’s Working with Rivers Programme. The trainee will receive practical on the job skills development, facilitated by both qualified Trust staff and external...