Ayrshire Rivers Trust

Ayrshire Rivers Trust

Ayrshire Rivers Trust

Ayrshire Rivers Trust

Ayrshire Rivers Trust

Ayrshire Rivers Trust

Ayrshire Rivers Trust

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Japanese knotweed control on the Stinchar.

Japanese knotweed control on the Stinchar.

We were on the River Stinchar yesterday undertaking a control programme for Japanese knotweed. Annually the Board collects a levy from anglers/angling clubs and syndicates which is then used to facilitate management, projects and monitoring across the catchment to the...

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Autumn surveys continue.

Autumn surveys continue.

No longer can we call our field work 'summer surveys' as the beginning of September saw us officially enter into autumn - a slightly depressing though as only a minute ago it seemed like we were in spring with the rest of the year still ahead of us. But as the nights...

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Purclewan Burn Electrofishing

Purclewan Burn Electrofishing

The week before last we were undertaking surveys to assess salmon production across some of the burns in the Doon catchment. One of these surveys was in the upper Purclewan Burn which drains Martnaham Loch and enters the River Doon just downstream of Dalrymple. The...

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Monitoring the Recovery of the Brockloch Burn.

Monitoring the Recovery of the Brockloch Burn.

Over the last few years we have been actively fencing and improving small burns that were in poor condition and supported fewer fish than they should have. Often after all other attempts to gain improvements through the regulator have failed, we have had to step in...

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Summer Surveys

Summer Surveys

This week we've been in the very upper reaches of tributaries that feed the upper Duisk in the Stinchar catchment. We always look forward to a trip down into the Stinchar Valley as it’s incredibly picturesque however this week we've been dodging incredibly heavy rain...

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2025 Timed Electrofishing Results

2025 Timed Electrofishing Results

We have had a bit of time to look at the 2025 timed electrofishing results in more detail and on the whole, spawning and survival from winter to July has been encouraging. Timed electrofishing is a rapid assessment of salmon fry survival between the spawning period...

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