New Office Contact Details

by | Feb 26, 2014 | General

We have now completed the move to our new office. Telephone numbers  and address has changed so please make a note of this. The old telephone number has been disconnected and unfortunately we couldn’t get the college IT department to divert calls or add an...

Catrine Fish Pass UPDATE

by | Feb 23, 2014 | General

Work has continued this week at Catrine and I headed there this afternoon to check progress. The first thing I noticed was the large beech tree beside the path had been felled. I’m not sure if this is part of the ongoing works, but I would be surprised as it...

Bailiff Training – Last session

by | Feb 17, 2014 | General

Just a quick note to let candidates for the bailiff exam know that there will be one more training session before the exam.   This will be held at the Trust offices on Friday the 28th of February from 7pm to 9pm.   This will be the last session before the...

Progress at Catrine

by | Feb 13, 2014 | Conservation, General

I headed to Catrine this morning to see how work to the fish pass was progressing. After the job being stopped until a few issues were resolved, the contractors are back on site again this week. Yesterdays constant snow and rain in the upper Ayr catchment brought the...

Girvan Slurry Incident update

by | Feb 5, 2014 | General

I received an update today from SEPA regarding the slurry incident at the Penwhapple Burn that I reported on this blog last Friday.  I am grateful to SEPA for their prompt action on Friday and this very quick update on the situation they found and the action they...