Pollution, pollution and more pollution!

With two teams out electrofishing most days, it’s not really surprising we are finding more pollution than when we are stuck behind a desk in the office but it is disappointing that silage effluent and slurry incidents continue to happen in Ayrshire. In the last...

Disappointment and frustration…

Have a look at the photo below showing a new site on a good wee burn we surveyed today in the Stinchar catchment. We’ve always found good trout numbers in this burn and salmon feature too but we decided to fish this new location further upstream than previously...

Kinclair Viaduct, Pinmore

Following a request for consultation, we met with SEPA and contractors at Kinclair Viaduct, a short distance to the South of Pinmore in the Stinchar valley. Work to stabilise the viaduct buttresses is required after previous reinforcements installed in 2008 have...

UPDATE – Doon pollution

Here’s a quick update on the Diesel pollution in the Doon. The contractors believed to be responsible for diesel leaking into the Macmanniston Burn and then the Doon near Minishant started to resolve the issues yesterday but reports reached me late in the...