by Stuart Brabbs | Oct 31, 2016 | Events, General
Apologies for the late notice with this but I’ve had some issues with signing into the blog pages lately that are now resolved. The next Doon DSFB meeting will take place on Friday 4th November at Fraser Coogans Office, 46 Dalblair Road, Ayr at 3.00pm. This is...
by Stuart Brabbs | Oct 31, 2016 | Events, General
Apologies for the late notice with this but I’ve had some issues with signing into the blog pages lately that are now resolved. The next Stinchar DSFB meeting will take place on Thursday 3rd November at Minuntion at 4.00pm. This is a public meeting and...
by Struan Candlish | Oct 30, 2016 | General
With funding from Tesco, ART will be working with volunteers on the River Stinchar and Water of Girvan to control Himalayan balsam, Japanese knotweed, skunk cabbage and giant hogweed in 2017. ART’s invasive plant control project on the Girvan and Stinchar is one of...
by Stuart Brabbs | Oct 20, 2016 | General
Follwing on from our last post from the 10th of October, the schools returned from their October holiday this week and we have been out and about with a couple of schools already this week. The Carrick education project focusses on introducing primary school pupils to...
by Stuart Brabbs | Oct 12, 2016 | General
Today Muir and I carried out a fish rescue on behalf of Scottish Water/Caledonia Water. A new pipeline will cross the Draught Burn (tributary of the Lugton Water) at Eglinton Country Park which required an area of approx. 70m to be over pumped for a period of 24 hours...
by Struan Candlish | Oct 10, 2016 | General
A couple of weeks ago we began an education project that will be delivered to ten schools in the Stinchar and Girvan catchments in South Ayrshire. The project focusses on introducing primary school pupils to their local stretch of river. Funded by Carrick Futures,...