by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 10, 2012 | Electrofishing, General
I’ve added 2 photos of trout that we caught today. The first was from the Barlewan Burn near to its confluence with the Abbeymill Burn. We surveyed this site as part of the Maybole Bypass monitoring. Apart from finding reasonably good numbers of salmon fry, this...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 8, 2012 | General
Work has been complete on the fish pass at Cemetery Bridge in Galston. The Roads department didn’t include a budget for professional design services and seemed willing to rely on our comments despite us expressing concerns about this approach. Throughout the...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 7, 2012 | General, Invasives
Now that the Japanese Knotweed is in full flower, it is the best time to spray the plant. Spraying the plant with glyphosate once it is in flower allows the chemical to be drawn to the root system for maximum effect. As part of the CIRB project we have contractors out...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 6, 2012 | General
After a morning meeting, we headed out electrofishing to take advantage of another dry day. Just before we left Ayr I had a call from Sorn where it was bucketing down but we decided to go anyway. The rain must have passed quickly as the Bun O’ Need hadn’t...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 3, 2012 | General
Continuing from where we left off last week, we headed back to the Ayr today. Conditions were great and Emma Downie was on hand to assist, so we set off early to look at a couple of new sites. Having discovered grayling on the Glenstang last week I wanted a further...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 1, 2012 | Conservation, Electrofishing, General
This has been another busy week at the Trust not least because Gillian is away to Egypt on holiday (she was needing some sun). As I haven’t managed any updates during the week, I’ve added this large post to cover the most interesting events off the week. I...