Fisherman’s Supper 2013

by | Nov 26, 2013 | Events, General

Following on from Stuarts last post, I would just like to thank everyone who attended the fisherman’s supper last Friday. Yet again the support from everyone has been amazing and our raffle and auction on the evening helped us to raise some funds for the trust....

River Ayr Map

by | Nov 20, 2013 | fishing, General

The river Ayr map is nearing completion. Harriet Ellis has been working away to finish the watercolour paintings and is about to start adding pool names. Davie McPhail the world famous local fly tier and creator of the ‘Ayrshire Man’ fly is delighted that...

Ponesk Coal site

by | Nov 16, 2013 | Conservation, General

I walked the new Ponesk  channel a year ago exactly. Since that time Scottish Coal has gone into liquidation leaving this entire area in a heck of a mess with little chance that it will ever be restored satisfactorily. SEPA’s opinion is that water quality will...

Problem Culvert in the Stinchar Valley

by | Nov 8, 2013 | Conservation, General

We electrofished the Traboyak burn last year at several sites. Although we found salmon parr at each site, we didn’t manage to find a single fry which points to an access issue somewhere in the lower reaches. The problem lies with the Culvert near the Barr road....

Spreading Knotweed on Marchburn

by | Nov 8, 2013 | General, Invasives

Despite our best efforts, we still come across instances where poor practice is likely to have caused Japanese Knotweed to spread. I’ve moaned about verge cutting in the past and this still continues seemingly unabated. Gordon last week visited the Marchburn...