by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 26, 2012 | General
After posting such a depressing blog as the previous entry about the Cessnock, I am delighted to report some good news. The Black Rock weirs that were completed earlier this summer appear to be doing the job that they were designed to do. I paid them a quick visit...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 26, 2012 | Conservation, General
On the 4th August 2010 I saw some fairly major remodelling of the Cessnock taking place just outside Mauchline. There was a digger infilling the old course of the burn and landscaping as underway on the banks of a freshly cut channel. I was concerned (that’s the...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 24, 2012 | Conservation, General
I received reports of coloured water that was affecting fishing on the Irvine over the weekend. Garry Anderson from Galston knew where the problem lay so we set off for a look this morning in the rain. The problem was a small landslide on the Gower Water at the top of...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 23, 2012 | General
Despite various efforts by different groups and agencies to bring about water quality improvements on the Fail, there still doesn’t appear to be any obvious change in the water that enters the River Ayr. When I wrote my dissertation several years ago I focussed...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 22, 2012 | General
We always advocate spraying up to the first frost. Beyond that, Japanese Knotweed like other half hardy plants loses its leaves and dies back for winter. This normally allows us to spray into the first or second week in October but this year, the first frost came...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 21, 2012 | General
Finally the sun has returned to the sky! After yesterdays deluge, it was a relief to see such a beautiful morning. I headed to Stranraer to meet a man who was going to fix our electrofisher. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a quick fix and Robin took the anode back to...