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...

Fenwick Water Polluted Again

by | Mar 19, 2015 | Conservation, fishing, General

I think this is the 3rd successive year that fish have been killed on the Fenwick Water from pollution. SEPA informed the Trust yesterday that there had been a localised incident on the river that resulted in a number of fish (presumed to be trout) dying....

Poll results

by | Mar 13, 2015 | Conservation, General

We ran an online poll on out Facebook page to gauge opinion on questions loosely related to the Scottish Government’s consultation on their proposals to introduce mandatory catch and release without a licence and a carcass tagging system. There were a few...