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Nether Wellwood Green Engineering

by Struan Candlish | Apr 10, 2025 | Conservation, Green engineering, Projects

With the tree planting season about over until next winter, we have a couple of pressing jobs that must be completed this week. Hopefully the forecast rain at the weekend will help them establish quickly as they burst into life but we will water them anyway as a...

Planting Trees on the Mauchline Burn with the Dunbia Group.

by Struan Candlish | Apr 3, 2025 | Events, Green engineering, Projects

Last week we were joined on the Mauchline Burn by the Dunbia Group who donated £1000 towards planting trees across the project area. Despite it being a very dreich morning we planted around 150 trees with the group which was a massive boost to the burn. Ian and our...

Muck Water Path Erosion Update

by Struan Candlish | Dec 6, 2024 | Conservation, General, Green engineering

This time of years see the staff spending more time in front of computers writing reports, developing funding applications with less time spent on the banks of our rivers and burns. This is before and after of some green engineering on the Muck Water at Dalmellington....

Reducing silt inputs and restoring fish populations to the Mauchline Burn, River Ayr catchment

by Stuart Brabbs | Aug 13, 2024 | Conservation, Green engineering, Projects

We recently secured funding for restoration work on the Mauchline Burn (a.k.a. locally as The Chalk River) with the ultimate aim of reducing silt and nutrient inputs and restoring a functional trout and salmon population within this small watercourse. Our surveys...

Preventing a path from disappearing into a burn

by Stuart Brabbs | Jul 1, 2024 | Conservation, Green engineering, Projects

We had a nice wee job to do today to protect the riverside path along the Muck Water at Dalmellington in the Doon catchment where there’s always a steady stream of walkers. I’m pretty sure the landowner once told me that over 60,000 people a year walk this...

Netherton Burn restoration; River Doon catchment

by Stuart Brabbs | May 21, 2024 | Conservation, Green engineering, Projects

We’ve been busy planting trees at Netherton Burn on the Doon in the last couple of days assisted by regular volunteers Allan, Inna and Lee Anne. While it’s a bit late in the season for planting, we had a surplus of pot grown Alders and a number of bare...
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Latest News

  • Nethermills Counter update: Artificial Intelligence will soon take over! June 1, 2025
  • Tree Planting on the Pinmullan Burn – Stinchar Catchment April 18, 2025
  • Nether Wellwood Green Engineering April 10, 2025
  • River Doon – Smithston Rental Syndicate 2025 April 10, 2025
  • Planting Trees on the Mauchline Burn with the Dunbia Group. April 3, 2025
  • Removing the Davington Weir on the Border Esk. February 13, 2025

Current Projects

  • Ayrshire Grown November 14, 2023
  • Wellwood Project – 2022 December 13, 2022
  • Greenock Culvert Fish Pass -2022 December 13, 2022
  • River Ayr Giant Hogweed Control – Ongoing since 2018 December 13, 2022
  • Loch Doon Smolt Tracking March 1, 2019
  • Rivers and Lochs In The Classroom – 2017 March 1, 2019

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We have three fine art map prints available to buy.

Craig Pool

  • Fisherman’s Map of the River Ayr – only £31.50 plus p&p
  • Fisherman’s Map of the River Doon – only £25 plus p&p
  • Fisherman’s Map of the River Stinchar – only £22 plus p&p

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Ayrshire Rivers Trust

A Scottish Registered Charity No. 030426

2 Crosshill Cottage
Mauchline
KA5 5HJ

T: 01290 518130
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Latest News

  • Nethermills Counter update: Artificial Intelligence will soon take over!
  • Tree Planting on the Pinmullan Burn – Stinchar Catchment
  • Nether Wellwood Green Engineering
  • River Doon – Smithston Rental Syndicate 2025

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