by Stuart Brabbs | Dec 11, 2024 | Conservation, General
As ever, the culmination of each year’s hard work is rewarded by seeing fish successfully spawning in our rivers and burns across Ayrshire. Spawning activity has been noticeably slow to start this season although it is possible that a few fish spawned around 3...
by Struan Candlish | Dec 6, 2024 | Events, General
With Christmas approaching rapidly it’s time to start thinking about gifts for friends, family and partners. Why not treat someone to one of our fine art river maps showing named beats and major salmon pools with beautiful watercolours of key locations. We have...
by Struan Candlish | Dec 6, 2024 | Conservation, General, Green engineering
This time of years see the staff spending more time in front of computers writing reports, developing funding applications with less time spent on the banks of our rivers and burns. This is before and after of some green engineering on the Muck Water at Dalmellington....
by Stuart Brabbs | Aug 19, 2024 | General, Projects
Phase 2 of the Chalk River/Mauchline Burn restoration project is well underway. Continuing from last weeks green engineering, this week our fencer (Billy Semple) started erecting fences and gates. He takes great pride in his work and always leaves an excellent tight...
by Stuart Brabbs | Jul 25, 2024 | Conservation, Electrofishing, General
Continuing with our Brockloch Burn updates within the Doon catchment, it is now mid summer and the best of the growing season is past. Barley and oats are ripening but perhaps a week or two behind normal due to our poor summer weather and temperatures, however, and...
by Stuart Brabbs | Jun 21, 2024 | Conservation, General, Projects
The Brockloch Burn is a small tributary of the Chapelton Burn in the River Doon Catchment. It has been the focus of some extensive but necessary alteration in recent years to accommodate the new Maybole bypass. At the north end of the bypass, the roundabout that was...