by Stuart Brabbs | May 3, 2012 | Conservation, General
It’s a case of weir today and gone tomorrow! As you will see from the pictures below, Darvel’s crumbling weir has now been demolished. To say this was a Darvel Weir is perhaps misleading as it was located between Newmilns and Darvel forming the boundary...
by Stuart Brabbs | May 3, 2012 | General, Invasives
Gordon MacDermid started with ART this week as a project officer for the CIRB project. Gordon, who hails from Mauchline is a well known face on the River Ayr and is Treasurer for Mauchline Angling Club. His duties will include surveying the distribution of invasive...
by Stuart Brabbs | Apr 28, 2012 | Conservation, Electrofishing, fishing, General
Take a moment to check back to our post of the 29th October 2011 and compare the photos taken soon after the Ponesk Burn was diverted with the images below, taken a couple of days ago on the 26th April 2012. Following extreme floods and prolonged high water over...
by Stuart Brabbs | Apr 25, 2012 | General
I was relieved to see that the Kilmarnock Water level hadn’t risen much overnight despite heavy showers on the Fenwick Moor. The contractors were on site early and attempting to seal the leaks before pouring the final weir wall. Although there hadn’t been...
by Stuart Brabbs | Apr 25, 2012 | General
What progress? Well after last weeks raised levels and a hiccup over the supply of stainless ‘rebar’, Borland’s men were back in the river yesterday and today resetting the steel and formwork for the last wall. If the rain holds off overnight, the...
by Stuart Brabbs | Apr 18, 2012 | General
Following our request, SEPA has agreed to waive the requirement for a CAR licence to allow the remainder of the centre of the weir to be removed thus preventing the delays that licencing could bring. Our thanks go to David Wilbraham at SEPA’s Ayr office who...