by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 7, 2014 | Conservation, Electrofishing, General
Last week, we fished the upper gravel extraction site on the Glenmuir whilst waiting on the backpack equipment to be repaired. ART has fished this site annually since 2006 and this years results were poorer than any other. With this in mind, I looked at the results...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 3, 2014 | General
We continued with the surveys in the upper Garnock catchment today in advance of a hydro scheme being developed. We fished the Paduff Burn at two locations and a further site on the Pundeavon. The Paduff (aka Jock’s Burn) is a nice sized burn that has decent...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 3, 2014 | General
Work has continued at Catrine Dam and I visited on the way home last night to see for myself. The mortar is nearly complete on the dam back and by this evening two of the three remaining bays will have been poured. The final section will be completed on Friday this...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 2, 2014 | General
The job takes me to some very nice places sometimes and Sunday was no exception. A braw Sunday morning and the ferry to Arran was the order of the day. CIRB project staff had previously visited the island in August last year...
by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 1, 2014 | Electrofishing, General
After last weeks surveys on the upper Garnock, we returned this morning to complete the electrofishing above the Garnock Weir. This is remote and inaccessible habitat so we were glad that the rain was off and the sun was trying to break through. Loaded like pack...
by Stuart Brabbs | Aug 28, 2014 | General
We were asked to undertake a fish and habitat survey of the Upper Garnock and this morning we headed there to see what we could find. Since joining the Trust in 2008, I haven’t personally surveyed any Garnock main stem sites other than during our education...