Girvan DSFB AGM

by | Nov 20, 2015 | General

The River Girvan DSFB meeting and AGM will be held in the Carrick Centre, Maybole on the 25th Nov. The Board meeting will be at 6.30pm followed by the AGM at 7.45pm. This meeting is open to the Public.

Culroy Burn improvements

by | Nov 10, 2015 | General

Following our green engineering work and fencing on the Culroy Burn earlier this summer, we had to wait some time for rain to swell the burn and test our efforts. This morning I returned to the burn to see how our green bank works performed at the start of September...

Update on the Crayfish situation

by | Nov 6, 2015 | General, Invasives

Following our confirmation that American Signal Crayfish have been found in the Ayr catchment earlier this week, we have been continuing to trap in an effort to establish the extent of the problem. We aren’t attempting to control these creatures but rather...

School pupils enjoy a day out.

by | Oct 27, 2015 | Conservation, General

When schools ask for our assistance, very rarely do we ever refuse as education is central to the ethos of the Trust. Today we were joined by a group of advanced higher biology pupils from Wellington School in Ayr who wanted to look at different aquatic invertebrates...

An interesting day

by | Oct 6, 2015 | Electrofishing, General

Every day is interesting at the Trust but some more than others. Today’s work came about rather unexpectedly due to a vehicle breakdown. Our reliable and hard worked Citroen Van has developed a small fault with its immobiliser after the key ‘plipper’...