by Struan Candlish | Apr 5, 2024 | Conservation, Events, General
This week we were very pleased to be joined by a group of volunteers from Thistle Credit Union. Despite being a fairly miserable, wet day we planted over 300 trees on the banks of the River Irvine upstream of its confluence with the Cessnock Water. These trees will...
by Struan Candlish | Feb 20, 2024 | Conservation, Consultation, Events, General
We were pleased to be invited back onto the Thrill of the Hill Podcast where the Farm Advisory Service (FAS) explores the multitude of issues facing the farmed upland environment and how we can reconcile priorities in conflict, showcase good practice, new...
by Struan Candlish | Feb 5, 2024 | Conservation, Events, General, Projects
Last week we were joined by a great group of volunteers who helped us with tree planting aspect of our Greening the Banks of the Water of Girvan Project, supported by the Nature Restoration Fund, the Landowner and the Girvan DSFB. With the green engineering and...
by Struan Candlish | Feb 5, 2024 | Events, fishing, General
Last week we began our first rod building course with a great group of enthusiastic guys all looking to build their own rod from scratch rather than buying a factory built model. Building your own is significantly cheaper, allows creative freedom and most importantly...
by Struan Candlish | Jan 17, 2024 | Conservation, General, Green engineering, Projects
Our Greening the Banks of the Water of Girvan project is making great progress and with the fencing and green engineering aspects of the project complete we’re turning our attention to tree planting over the coming weeks. We had been scheduled to begin planting...
by Struan Candlish | Dec 15, 2023 | General
We have moved from our office at Braeside where we’ve been stationed for the last 3 years to 2 Crosshill Cottage, Mauchline, KA5 5HJ. We’re currently working through some issues with our phone line and currently have no internet in the office which as you will...