Last habitat survey on the Garnock

As I said in a previous post we were back for one last visit at the Garnock to survey the habitat where the pipeline crosses. This wasn’t a water course survey but rather a look at the habitat and plants to allow assessment of the impact of a  pipeline. It meant...

Intimation

We were saddened to hear of the death of Douglas Stewart last Tuesday. Douglas was a keen River Doon angler and supporter of the Trust and will be  sadly missed. Our condolences go to all his family.

Catrine Works – Progress update

First to avoid confusion, there are two separate jobs underway at Catrine, the large weir contract that has progressed throughout the summer. Second contract is the Daldorch wall underpinning. The contractors are different as are the organisations responsible for the...

More good news from the Ayr catchment

We have just about completed our Board commitments on the Ayr for 2014 electrofishing season but following last night’s Board meeting, I headed back to the upper catchment to look at a couple of sites where we will be gravel cleaning later this year in an effort...