Catrine Dam fish counter

As Catrine Community Trust work towards their ambition of generating electricity from the revamped Hydro scheme that once delivered power to the Cotton mills in the village, ART staff paid the site a visit today after hearing that the Vaki Counter has been installed....

Drumtree Water Fish Rescue

Gordon, Muir and I were at the Drumtree Water (a tributary of the Fenwick Water) last week to carry out a fish rescue ahead of the watercourse being diverted to allow the contractors to install a new water supply pipeline. A fish rescue was necessary as the section of...

Pundeavon Reservoir restoration

Work has been progressing at Pundeavon reservoir all summer and contractors are making good progress with restoration of the valley following the removal of the Plan Dam. ART removed trout from this reservoir during 2015 to allow works to commence but the entire...

Follow up to Kilkerran Erosion

(See earlier posts from April 2016 if you would like to read more on this erosion control)   After the volunteers and Trust’s effort to try and bring some improvements to the eroding banks at Kilkerran on the Girvan earlier this Spring, Muir and I revised...

Doon Fencing update

We are still continuing with erecting riparian fencing as and when our fencer is available. Riparian fencing can make all the difference to water and habitat quality and the images below illustrate just how effective it can be. By excluding livestock, bank stability...