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...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 20, 2012 | General
The Ayr and Irvine both rose rapidly into huge spates earlier today. The Doon, Girvan, Stinchar and Garnock were all up too but they aren’t in the same league as the first two. I had hoped to do some electrofishing this weekend to make up for lost time (weather...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 20, 2012 | General, Invasives
Despite bad weather conditions our contractor has managed to control a fair amount of Japanese Knotweed on the lower Irvine. There were some very large stands around the Caprington area and it will be interesting to see the outcome of the treatment. The picture above...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 19, 2012 | Electrofishing, General, Invasives
We were back electrofishing at the Culroy Burn in the Doon catchment today. Concerns have been raised about the level of siltation arising from this burn but more importantly following last years generally poor electrofishing results, I wanted to see how the spawning...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 18, 2012 | General
The Ayrshire Post is hosting a £10,000 Community Cash Giveaway in which readers are invited to collect tokens every week for eight weeks. These can then be donated to a number of charities or groups from the 100 shortlisted. We have successfully registered for a...