Another Culroy update

by | Apr 13, 2015 | General

Following our visit to the Culroy last week when we never even saw a minnow which I thought unusual, we briefly headed there today armed with electrofishing equipment to  check that there hadn’t been a disaster overwinter. Muir, our new biologist came along and...

A very dirty spate

by | Apr 12, 2015 | Conservation, General

Instead of heading further south as I’d planned today, I noticed the river Ayr was very dirty this morning and decided to investigate this instead. The Ayr has many problems leading to poor juvenile production and a decline in fish stocks, not least...

Doon Fencing & habitat improvements.

by | Apr 12, 2015 | General

We have been working with the Doon DSFB to deliver fencing on burns and areas most in need of improvement. Essentially this is a partnership approach with SEPA included as part of the project. Delivering improvements for fish, habitat and water quality relies on...

Easter Monday

by | Apr 6, 2015 | General

The Trust staff don’t really take fixed holidays unless someone desperately wants them, (Christmas and New year being the exception), so this morning it was work as usual. A new member of staff joined the team today so it was nice to be able to welcome Muir...

Pollution

by | Mar 25, 2015 | General

It’s been a bad week for pollution with three separate incidents that we are aware of. The first was the incident on the Kilmarnock Water last Tuesday evening which resulted in trout and possibly salmon being killed. SEPA attended and traced the problem to a...