With water levels up slightly, Struan and Muir set about the Girvan Bird count today while Gillian and myself went to the smolt trap at Catrine. Of course they needed their vehicle moved downstream to their finishing point, so after we closed the trap on the Ayr, we headed south and moved their van downstream. Relaunching after a short break near Kilkerran When we saw them, they were battling a strong upstream wind that was increasing and slowing them down. I’ve no idea yet of how the count went and will report this to the DSFB in due course, but we…

Source: Ayshire River Trust – Bird Count for the Girvan