Another busy day…

by | Apr 17, 2018 | Conservation, General, Invasives

As ever yesterday was a busy day at the Trust with the daily smolt trap check at Catrine only producing a single salmon smolt. After finishing up at Catrine it was off to do see how our habitat restoration on the Culroy Burn had faired over winter. We took a few alder...

Sevenacres Weir assessment on the Lugton Water

by | Apr 13, 2018 | General

We get involved in some great projects but sometimes that involves getting wet and mouthful of water from some very unpleasant sources. Today we were assessing the face of the Sevenacres Weir ahead of commencing installation of a fish pass later this year. The Trust...

New Fencing on the Girvan

by | Apr 4, 2018 | Conservation, General

As regular readers will be aware, the Trust has been working to reduce severe erosion on the middle reaches of the Girvan over the last few years. This work is almost complete and apart from a few more trees that have yet to be planted, we are just about at the stage...

Bailiffs Seminar 2018

by | Mar 21, 2018 | General

Stuart attended the bailiffs seminar in Birnham today and along with Jonathan from the Forth Fisheries Trust, gave demonstrations of the DJI Phantom 4 Pro + and the Mavic Pro Drones. There was a lot of interest in the drones and obviously where water conditions allow,...

What a waste of time!

by | Mar 8, 2018 | Conservation, General

Some days I find myself thinking we are just wasting our time. Today was one of those days. We’ve been pleased with results of our efforts to cut erosion and diffuse pollution at Culroy Burn in the Doon catchment. This has taken 3 years and a lot of unpaid man...

VACANCY FOR TRUSTEES

by | Mar 6, 2018 | General

AYRSHIRE RIVERS TRUST VACANCY FOR TRUSTEES Ayrshire Rivers Trust (www.ayrshireriverstrust.org) is the leading charity in the region concerned with the conservation and enhancement of the freshwater environment. It achieves this through a mixed programme of education;...