by Stuart Brabbs | Oct 30, 2017 | Conservation, General
With the sun shining, I had a look at a few things on the upper Ayr today. It’s been a while since we’ve been able to use the drone to identify issues or to re examine those we already know about. Having another perspective sometimes reveals things you...
by Stuart Brabbs | Oct 30, 2017 | Conservation, General
What a rare event, sunshine and no rain! It was a great day to be out and Struan and I headed to Loch Doon to continue with our salmon tagging study to help us improve migration...
by Struan Candlish | Oct 23, 2017 | Conservation, General
We are keeping a close eye on how the willow spiling we installed at Tarholm on the Ayr is developing since we completed this work just under 1 month ago. It is incredible to see how much silt is being deposited with each spate. The photos below illustrate the change...
by Struan Candlish | Oct 23, 2017 | Conservation, Electrofishing, General
On Thursday of last week myself and Muir were on the Ayr catchment carrying out electrofishing surveys on three tributaries of the upper Ayr. Our first port of call was the Ponesk, we began above the modified section to assess if salmon had made it this far up the...
by Stuart Brabbs | Oct 10, 2017 | Conservation, General
While undertaking a fairly massive clearance of a timber blockage on the Dyrock yesterday, we were immediately shocked by the levels of livestock poaching (trampling) that were obvious on the riverbank and through the woodland. Naturally we understand that fields...
by Stuart Brabbs | Oct 3, 2017 | Conservation, General
For many years, the Culroy Burn in the Middle Doon catchment has been under producing in terms of fish production, particularly salmon. It has been repeatedly stocked by the Board whenever they have reared eggs in the hatchery and released them into the river to grow...