Ayr DSFB Meeting

The next River Ayr District Salmon Fishery Board meeting will be held at Ayrshire Rivers Trust offices, 1 Gibbs Yard, Auchincruive on the 9th September at 7.00pm. This meeting is open to the Public.  

Girvan timed results, good and bad

As regular readers will be aware, there was a fairly significant fish mortality episode on the lower Girvan just a few weeks ago towards the end of the very hot spell of weather. It wasn’t just the Girvan that was affected, the Stinchar at the same time suffered...

Doon Fencing proposals agreed

On the instructions of the Board, ART staff have been working to secure agreements between famers and landowners to fence key areas within the catchment. Whilst we still await positive responses from landowners on the Culroy Burn, we are hopeful that the land agents...

At last a real spate on the Ayr

While all the other Ayrshire Rivers have had a decent run of water at some point over the last 2 weeks, the Ayr had been rather short changed by comparison. This morning when I checked river levels, I was pleased to see that the Ayr and all other rivers were flowing...

Chapelton Burn, Doon catchment

I had a quick look at the Chapelton Burn in the Doon catchment today when passing. I think this is the first time in a long while that the water clarity has been as good as it was today. The burn is heavily modified and impacted by agriculture. 50 years ago this was...