Girvan Dykes upper fish pass
Amazingly the Girvan catchment missed the rain today and the river remained low. Work on the upper fish pass has been progressing well, the side baulks are complete and water is flowing down the pass. The crest level to the left of the fish pass needs to be brought up...Girvan Dykes fish pass
Work is now well underway on the project to improve fish passage at the two weirs upstream of Girvan, known locally as the Girvan Dykes. The weirs have long been known as an obstacle to migrating salmonids and are mentioned in “The Salmon Rivers and Loch of...Ayrshire Rivers timed electrofishing surveys 2010
I have compiled the 2010 timed electrofishing survey results from the Ayr, Doon, Girvan and Stinchar. The report can be found in the downloads section here. This type of electrofishing survey is targetted at salmon fry and all sites are selected on the basis of...Lousy salmon
I had a call the other day from an angler who had just caught a fresh run salmon from the Ayr which he described as being covered in about 60 lice. A lice burden of that level is unusual so I nipped up to see the fish which had by that time been gutted. I managed to...Ayrshire Post
The leading local newspaper, the Ayrshire Post supported the savethedoon campaign well from the start and their coverage this week was no exception. However one of the highlights of the campaign is undoubtedly the cartoon which appeared on page 8 of this weeks...Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
