by Stuart Brabbs | Aug 11, 2018 | Conservation, General
We attended the Clean Up Tarbolton Woods Campaign event at Montgomerie Castle on the Fail this afternoon. I was pleased to see so many local families turn out and enjoy the activities that CUTWC had laid on. Burgers were available and enjoyed by all. The burn...
by Struan Candlish | Aug 8, 2018 | Conservation, General
I noticed one of our neighboring Trust’s post this link yesterday evening and I would urge our readers to respond to this consultation document. Developing an Environment Strategy for Scotland: https://www.gov.scot/Publications/2018/06/4147/downloads This is an...
by Muir Glendinning | Jul 16, 2018 | General
Ayrshire Rivers Trust in partnership with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency are commissioning a project to help deliver a solution to fish passage problems at in-river barriers in Ayrshire. This invitation to tender is for the construction phase to be...
by Stuart Brabbs | Jun 26, 2018 | General
Following the operator of Tarbolton Landfill going into voluntary liquidation on the 13th June, concerns have risen over leachate from the site that may be entering the Water of Fail and the River Ayr system. Apparently, there are concerns over the nature of materials...
by Stuart Brabbs | Jun 8, 2018 | Conservation, General
2 years and one month on from when we first installed willow spiling at our green bank engineering sites on the Girvan, we have completed everything we planned to do and achieved almost all our intended results. The demonstration sites will continue to improve over...
by Stuart Brabbs | May 18, 2018 | Conservation, General
As regular readers will be aware, we’ve been monitoring smolt movements on the River Ayr through Catrine dam in a custom built fish pass and by-wash for several weeks now. Recently, the number of fish we’ve seen with fungal infection prompted us to call in...