CIRB – Isle Of Arran

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...

Garnock Weir

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...

Garnock Electrofishing Survey

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...

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...