PIT tagging salmon

As part of the management project focusing on identifying migration and survival issues in the Doon catchment above Loch Doon dam, we were there this afternoon to capture salmon parr and pre smolts then insert Passive Integrated Transponders (PIT Tags). We would...

More Pollution: Warning: not for the squemish

While out and about over the last week or so, we have come across yet more pollution incidents. These ranged from a toilet waste pipe on the Kilmarnock Water to Agricultural pollution on tributaries of the River Ayr. Below is an image of a toilet waste pipe coming...

Quiz Night – 11th March 2016

We held our annual quiz night at the Abbotsford Hotel in Ayr on Friday the 11th of March. This is always an enjoyable evening and as usual, our quiz master Wallace Milligan did not disappoint. The evening kicked off with the teams enjoying the usual banter with the...

The Vaki Counter at Loch Doon has been playing up so technicians from ACE Ltd, Vaki’s agent in the UK came to service or remove it for repair today. Unfortunately after trying some possible measures, they had to remove it for full diagnostics. It will be...