Iron encrusted sediments that are no conducive to egg survival. The Hareshaw joins the Stottencleugh in the top right of…
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Trout Migration
A trout migrating upstream ahead of spawning With both trout and salmon fishing seasons closed for 2019, we thought that…
Read MoreSevenacres weir and fish pass – Update
All looking good at Sevenacres dam and fish pass on the Lugton Water We visited Sevenacres Fish Pass (the first…
Read MoreDoonfoot Primary School Visit.
Last week we payed a second visit to some of the pupils at Doonfoot Primary School. With the River Doon…
Read MoreA very Sad Announcement
We make this very sad announcement of the sudden death of Tony Donnelly, who had recently taken up the post…
Read MoreGarnock Connections – promoting green bank restoration techniques
Ayrshire Rivers Trust in conjunction with SRUC Advisory Service have produced a video to promote green engineering techniques through the…
Read MoreAyrshire National Electrofishing Surveys Complete!
Earlier today we completed our 30th site for the National Electrofishing Programme (NEPS), all that remains is for the site…
Read MoreMacroinvertebrate Monitoring
As part of our monitoring strategy for many projects we collect invertebrate samples. Different types of macro invertebrates are more…
Read MoreFinally, a break in the rain.
With a break in the forecast today we managed to get our waders on and get out. We were monitoring…
Read MoreVolunteering
We have been very fortunate to have had Ethan amongst other regular volunteers (Lyndsey and Fraser) out helping us over…
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