Saturday’s sun and burns

by | Oct 6, 2012 | Electrofishing, General

Once again we headed out electrofishing to make the most of the dry (ish) weather. Water levels remained about the same as yesterday as there was a touch more rain overnight but it was a glorious sunny Autumn day and I was glad to be out and about. I had hoped to be...

Autumn sunshine

by | Oct 4, 2012 | General

We had a day in the Stinchar Valley enjoying the rare warmth of sunshine on our backs. We headed to the Water of Tig first thing this morning to survey the Dunnack Burn and the Tig itself. It had rained again last night but we went anyway hoping that the burns were...

Duisk Results *UPDATED 02/10/12*

by | Oct 2, 2012 | Electrofishing, General

Last week we managed to electrofish some sites in the Duisk catchment (a tributary of the Stinchar). Despite water levels being higher than we would like, we had to make the most of the dry days. I’ve included 6 charts below. Classification follows SFCC...

Cessnock in spate

by | Sep 30, 2012 | Conservation, General

Another photo of the Cessnock at the modified stretch, this time when it was in spate.  It seems inevitable that there is going to be a serious issue with siltation and diffuse pollution as a direct result of thee modifications. It is interesting that the original...

Black Rocks video

by | Sep 30, 2012 | General

Here is a link to a short video of our Black Rocks Waterfall project in Kilmarnock. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64GjbIMyjfc&feature=g-upl  The project was completed in conjunction with Kilmarnock AC with funding from SEPA and SCORE. The video was taken last...

It’s a bite but by what?

by | Sep 28, 2012 | Electrofishing, General

The Cross Water at Barrhill is a black peaty water that supports a few trout and salmon in the lower reaches. We monitor a site just upstream of the village at the Martyrs Tomb. We normally find a few better than average trout (for this burn) and this year was no...