by Stuart Brabbs | Feb 1, 2011 | General
ART has funding available to train volunteers to industry standards in the safe use of plant protection products (weed killers and pesticides to you and me). This training is funded under the INTERREG IVA project that we are delivering aimed at controlling Giant...
by Stuart Brabbs | Feb 1, 2011 | General
This week ART has published tender documents for the control of invasive non native weeds across Ayrshire in the first of 4 succesive years of INTERREG IVA funded control. In total, 8 tenders have been produced inviting suitably qualified contractors to submit prices...
by Stuart Brabbs | Jan 27, 2011 | General
During an investigation to find the source of a pollution incident last November Trust staff found that the Blueboots Lane, a tributary of the Burnock Water, which flows into the Lugar Water at Ochiltree, had been diverted down an artificial, straight channel. The...
by Stuart Brabbs | Jan 26, 2011 | General
Sadly I have to report that a large quantity of 5 -7″ brown trout destined for the River Ayr have been stolen from rearing ponds at some time in the run up to Christmas. Unconfirmed reports put the number taken at several thousand fish. This was a new venture...
by Stuart Brabbs | Jan 14, 2011 | General
Bioforce staff eager to assist with our water voles project have agreed to monitor mink rafts on the lower Irvine within walking distance of their premises. Yesterday, two rafts were deployed on a small burn in the Shewalton area. More are planned for the ponds and...
by Stuart Brabbs | Jan 2, 2011 | General
Over the last few weeks the lower River Ayr has looked more like a glacier than a river. On the 11th December a thaw in the cold weather resulted in a small rise in the river level. This was enough to carry a lot of the ice which had built up in the river downstream,...