Evening stroll along the River Ayr
I had a wee walk along the banks of the River Ayr last evening to see how effective the Giant hogweed spraying had been. The spraying had made a huge difference although it was annoying to see the odd plant that had been missed. A follow up visit will be required to...River Ayr smolt trap update 24th May
The river is getting so low now that the smolt trap is barely turning, although we are still catching fish. I timed the speed of revolution yesterday and it was taking 31 seconds to do one revolution whereas at the start of the project it was taking only 9 seconds....River Ayr smolt trap update 14th May
By the end of the week it was looking as if the smolt run was starting to tail off. However the heavy showers on Friday resulted in a two inch river in the river level leading to our biggest daily catch so far on Saturday (why on the weekend, it took us all morning...River Ayr Smolt trap update 9th May
It has been another week of high catches in the River Ayr smolt trap, with almost 2000 fish, despite the low water which is now just 2″ above summer level. However, there was a small rise of 2″ during the week which had an impact on water quality. The...Interesting catch in the smolt trap
As predicted it was a busy weekend with the smolt trap. Over 500 smolts were found in the trap on Saturday morning, 230 on Sunday and 360 this morning. The vast majority are salmon smolts with a relatively low proportion of sea trout. The river level is getting...Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
