by Stuart Brabbs | Jul 6, 2016 | Conservation, General
In keeping with other work we are doing at the moment, Muir and I met with a landowner this morning to see what we could suggest to stabilise rapidly eroding river banks. The site we visited was on the Greenock Water, an important tributary of the Ayr. For years the...
by Stuart Brabbs | Jul 5, 2016 | Conservation, General
Following up on the SEPA’s demonstration event of last Autumn where we attended to offer support to SEPA’s engineering team and advice to farmers over green engineering techniques, Muir and I revisited the Upper Irvine site which continues to suffer...
by Stuart Brabbs | Jun 22, 2016 | Conservation, General
Since installing the first 30+ tonnes of boulders at the Muck Water in an attempt to improve the habitat, particularly for salmon, we returned over the last two days to seek opinions from Glasgow University specialists in river engineering and a SEPA hydro...
by Stuart Brabbs | Jun 22, 2016 | General
The date of the next River Ayr District Salmon Fishery Board meeting is Tuesday 5th July at 7.00pm in Ayrshire Rivers Trust’s offices. This is a public meeting.
by Stuart Brabbs | Jun 14, 2016 | General
Last year we managed to secure a small amount of funding from Greggs which would allow us to deliver a project to a small number of schools in conjunction with the Clyde River Foundation. Last year we delivered the first part of the project to P5/6 at Greenmill...
by Stuart Brabbs | Jun 9, 2016 | Conservation, General
Another day and another job. This time it was placing suitable boulders in the Muck Water near Dalmellington to improve juvenile habitat in the burn which was modified and moved 100 years ago. The instream habitat lacked diversity and large substrate material...