CIRB seasonal invasive weeds officer position

Ayrshire Rivers Trust are currently looking for a seasonal invasive weeds officer. The trust currently requires a Seasonal Invasive Weeds Officer, to promote the sustainable control of invasive non-native plant species within Ayrshire. ART have entered into an EU part...

Salmon Fly Tying For Beginners

I made a Blog post about this before Christmas and had a few people interested. I had tried to secure a small amount of funding which would enable us to purchase some tying equipment and materials however the application has been rejected.   I would still like to...

Doon Egg trial is under way

Weather once again threatened our planned work on the Doon. It was bad enough struggling with high water all summer but on the day we planned to plant the egg boxes in the river, we were subjected to blizzards. No matter what, we were going ahead with this today if we...

Egg Trials

As the River Ayr has been suffering from poor juvenile stocks for the last few years, we have been researching possible causes for this problem for some time. In order to determine what life stages are most affected, we decided to plant egg boxes out at key points...

Landslide at Catrine

During the holidays I received a call informing me of a landslide upstream of Catrine Dam. Over a week since the incident took place and the bank is still moving. I’m not sure who owns the woodland at this point but I do feel that there are implications for the...