The finishing touches.

We stopped in at Sevenacres Weir this afternoon to install coir matting to protect the toe of a soil slope. With good light and low water levels we were able to take some photos that illustrate just how the brash bundles we installed on the left bank are working. This...

2019 River Categories.

The Government has released the river categorisations having now been passed in Parliament. These gradings will be effectual from April 1st 2019.   River Categories are as follows.   Irvine -3 Garnock – 2 Ayr – 2 Doon – 2 Girvan – 2 Stinchar...

Temperature Data Logger Download

On Friday of last week Muir and Struan downloaded our remaining temperature data loggers that were placed in the River Ayr catchment as part of Faye Jackson’s PhD to assess changes and trends in water temperature in relation to climate change. These data loggers...

SFCC 21st Annual conference (and more)

The staff all attended the 21st SFCC AGM and Biologists conference at the start of the week and what a good couple of days they were. SFCC goes from strength to strength under the careful management of Sean Dugand. It’s hard to believe Sean has been in post for...