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Culroy Burn (Doon catchment) Update – nearly 9 years after the first improvements were made

by Stuart Brabbs | Apr 20, 2024 | Conservation, Green engineering, Projects

With financial support from the River Doon DSFB we commenced improvements on the Culroy Burn back in 2015. Several areas had been identified that suffered from accelerated erosion and severe nutrient inputs that the Trust staff considered solvable. We knew water...

Greening the Banks of the Water of Girvan Project Update #4

by Struan Candlish | Apr 15, 2024 | General, Green engineering, Projects

Our Nature Restoration Funded Water of Girvan Project update sees us planting trees over the last few months. The weather has been far from kind to us but despite this we’ve planted 2900 trees on the fenced sections of river banks and upwards of 1000 willow...

Greening the banks of the Water of Girvan Video Update #3

by Struan Candlish | Jan 17, 2024 | Conservation, General, Green engineering, Projects

Our Greening the Banks of the Water of Girvan project is making great progress and with the fencing and green engineering aspects of the project complete we’re turning our attention to tree planting over the coming weeks. We had been scheduled to begin planting...

Green Engineering on the Water of Girvan – Nature Restoration Fund

by Struan Candlish | Oct 11, 2023 | Conservation, General, Green engineering, Projects

We’ve recently completed bank regrading and green engineering at our NatureScot funded project, Greening the Banks of the Water of Girvan. The site consisted of over 50 meters of sheer eroding banking that was contributing tonnes of sand and silt to the Girvan...
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Latest News

  • Japanese knotweed control on the Stinchar. September 16, 2025
  • Autumn surveys continue. September 10, 2025
  • Purclewan Burn Electrofishing September 8, 2025
  • Monitoring the Recovery of the Brockloch Burn. August 29, 2025
  • Summer Surveys August 29, 2025
  • 2025 Timed Electrofishing Results July 30, 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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River Map Prints

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

  • Japanese knotweed control on the Stinchar.
  • Autumn surveys continue.
  • Purclewan Burn Electrofishing
  • Monitoring the Recovery of the Brockloch Burn.

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