by Stuart Brabbs | 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...
by Stuart Brabbs | Feb 14, 2014 | fishing, General
Annually the Trust compiles the DSFB and Irvine catch data to report to the ASFB. This is then published in the ASFB annual report and allows owners, anglers and visitors to compare rivers. It is always a thankless task, chasing up missing data but with the deadline...
by Stuart Brabbs | 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...
by Stuart Brabbs | 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...
by Stuart Brabbs | Feb 4, 2014 | General
The Water of Girvan Farson Digital Web Cam has served us all well since it first went live a few years ago. It has on average around 17,ooo unique computers accessing the camera annually with many more hits per year from each of these computers so it’s obviously...
by Stuart Brabbs | Feb 1, 2014 | General
Of all the Ayrshire rivers, the Stinchar is often thought of as being without too many water quality issues but of course there are some and after visiting the Girvan yesterday, I carried on to the upper Stinchar for a quick look before the light faded. During high...