We visited the upper Stinchar in search of salmon spawning a couple of days ago and filmed this beautiful wee river on a bright winter’s day. We had also been rescuing fish from a burn on the Duisk ahead of emergency repairs taking place so while we did have some sunshine to help with filming, we didn’t have long enough. Aldinna on the upper Stinchar This film is about 12minutes long and not only illustrates the occasional spawning redd, it highlights some of the pressures we saw on the river. These pressures come from historic and current land management and…

Source: Ayshire River Trust – Upper Stinchar video filmed at the start of salmon spawning in 2017