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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...

Case Study: Diffuse pollution on the Brockloch Burn

by Stuart Brabbs | Jun 21, 2024 | Conservation, General, Projects

The Brockloch Burn is a small tributary of the Chapelton Burn in the River Doon Catchment. It has been the focus of some extensive but necessary alteration in recent years to accommodate the new Maybole bypass. At the north end of the bypass, the roundabout that was...

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...

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...

Tree Planting on the Water of Girvan

by Struan Candlish | Feb 5, 2024 | Conservation, Events, General, Projects

Last week we were joined by a great group of volunteers who helped us with tree planting aspect of our Greening the Banks of the Water of Girvan Project, supported by the Nature Restoration Fund, the Landowner and the Girvan DSFB. With the green engineering and...
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  • 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
  • Wild Fisheries Fund Project Video. December 12, 2024

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  • 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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