by Stuart Brabbs | Feb 24, 2018 | Conservation, General
The A76 Cluverts on the Glaisnock Water have been a barrier to fish migration since they were installed around 30 years ago. Several years ago, ART approached Scotland Transerve for improvements to be included within their scheduled maintenance of the structures and...
by Stuart Brabbs | Feb 24, 2018 | Conservation, General
Sevenacres Weir is an impassable obstacle on the Lugton Water and is in our sights for a fish pass installation this summer. We met with SEPA WEF team yesterday to discuss the final design and make sure we hadn’t overlooked any aspects.There were several points...
by Struan Candlish | Feb 23, 2018 | General
Some of our trout eggs (triploid) that we have in the office for the Rivers and Lochs in the Classroom have just begun to hatch. Not having access to alevins all that often this morning I took the opportunity to get a few snaps of some developed eggs and recently...
by Struan Candlish | Feb 23, 2018 | General
We were delighted to receive another package of trees on Wednesday (I’m not so sure the Royal Mail team took much heed of the ’this way up’ notice but they are all in one piece). This time we have crab apples and a monkey puzzle to find a suitable location for. We...
by Struan Candlish | Feb 23, 2018 | General
****************Missing dog on the Annick Water******************** The dog is named Sascha and went missing last Tuesday near Lainshaw House Stewarton, and hasn’t yet been located. Contact details for the owners are on the accompanying photo. Please share this...
by Struan Candlish | Feb 21, 2018 | Conservation, Events, fishing, General
The ‘Rivers and Lochs in the Classroom’ project is a four year project which is being delivered to primary schools across the regions surrounding the Clyde Estuary by three Fishery Trusts/Foundations. The project is being delivered by Ayrshire Rivers Trust, the Clyde...