Doon saved

There was great news today with the announcement from Scottish Power that they will not be seeking to implement any changes to the long standing flow in the Doon. The actual application is still live with SEPA but it is quite clear now which way the decision will go....

Honours Project opportunity.

We are about to reintroduce water voles to two burns in Ayrshire and there is an opportunity for a 4th year honours student to get involved and undertake valuable research for their dissertation project. We are also delivering a major invasive weed control project and...

Hillhead Primary pupils study life in Kilmarnock Water

 Hillhead Primary, Kilmarnock, recently completed the “Salmon in the Classroom” project delivered by Ayrshire Rivers Trust. The P4 class pupils incubated and hatched salmon eggs sourced from the local river in an aquarium in the classroom before releasing the alevins...

Doonholm Dam in higher water

The river was running at 1’2″ this afternoon but the entire flow was still flowing down through the breach in the dam. The dip in the water level where it plunged down through the breach was very noticeable to the eye but it doesn’t show in the...

Doonholm dam breach now complete

The breach in the Doonholm Dam has now been made safer for canoeists.  The remaining lower section of the breach was removed today opening it up for canoe passage. There was a good run in the water today but the entire flow was going through the breach. There are low...