by Stuart Brabbs | Apr 4, 2017 | Events, General
The Clerk to the Doon DSFB asked we post notice of the next meetings. Date of Meetings: Friday 28th April, 2017 Venue: Fraser Coogans Solicitors, Dalblair House, 46 Dalblair Road, Ayr KA8 1UQ Times: Board Meeting – 3.30pm Triennial Meeting – 4.30pm AGM and Public...
by Struan Candlish | Apr 4, 2017 | General
Ahead of this years smolt run we are looking to hold a volunteer morning or afternoon to remove a timber blockage on the Dyrock Burn (a tributary of the River Girvan) downstream of the sewage treatment works near Kirkmichael. Our concern is that this blockage is...
by Stuart Brabbs | Mar 22, 2017 | Conservation, General
On a bitterly cold day we headed back to Loch Doon this morning to continue our pH monitoring and tagging project. It wasn’t ideal conditions to be out in but we had to be at Glenlee Power Station near StJohn’s Town of Dalry in the afternoon to attend an...
by Stuart Brabbs | Mar 16, 2017 | Events, General
The clerk to the Board has announced the date of the next Stinchar DSFB meeting as below: Date of Meeting: Monday 10th April, 2017 Venue: Minuntion, Pinmore, By Girvan Time: 4.00pm Meeting: Board Meeting This meeting is open to the public and all are...
by Struan Candlish | Mar 14, 2017 | General
Yesterday Gordon and I were invited to have a stall at Girvan Primary to celebrate World Wildlife Day along with many other conservation and natural history groups. It was a busy day with around 450 pupils from Girvan Primary and some of the outlying schools attending...
by Struan Candlish | Mar 7, 2017 | General
On Monday the Rivers and Lochs in the Classroom Project (funded by Greggs Foundation) came to a close. Each of the schools have now released their trout alevins into local watercourses under licence from Marine Scotland Science. The project has been a fantastic...