Wednesday and Thursday of last week saw us complete the timed electrofishing on the Water of Girvan and River Doon. […]
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Erosion at Galston on the Irvine
In 2017, Ayrshire Roads Alliance (ARA) engaged Aecom to design an engineering solution to prevent the Chris Hoy Cycle Path […]
Read MoreFreshwater Pearl Mussel Surveys in Ayrshire
Ayrshire Rivers Trust will very shortly have an additional licenced Freshwater Pearl Mussel (FWPM) surveyor in the team. Muir attended […]
Read MoreKilkerran Green Engineering Case Study
Many readers have followed our progress as we undertook the challenge of stopping erosion at two locations at Kilkerran on […]
Read MoreGreen engineering and fencing updates from the Culroy Burn
I went to Culroy Burn on the Doon this evening to see how our green engineering and restoration attempts were […]
Read MorePink Salmon Reported on the River Irvine
We have received a report that a non-native Pacific pink salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha has been caught on the lower River […]
Read MoreGiant Hogweed Control at Tarbolton Landfill
Today we were faced with the unenviable job of dealing with giant hogweed flowers that had set seed at Tarbolton […]
Read MoreStinchar Surveys
On Friday of last week we were in the Stinchar catchment continuing with our Government sites, this time we found […]
Read MoreEel Passage Video
Here is a link to a video that highlights the issues with eel passage. There is no dispute that eels […]
Read MoreTarbolton Landfill threatens River Ayr catchment
Apart from the leachate escaping the landfill that pollutes the Water of Fail, there’s another environmental disaster underway. The site […]
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