by Stuart Brabbs | May 9, 2012 | General, Invasives
Contractors are out and about on our rivers spraying Giant Hogweed at the moment. We started a bit later this year due to delays with the scoring process and CIRB procurement rules but I don’t think this is a bad thing as most plants are either this year’s...
by Stuart Brabbs | May 3, 2012 | General, Invasives
Gordon MacDermid started with ART this week as a project officer for the CIRB project. Gordon, who hails from Mauchline is a well known face on the River Ayr and is Treasurer for Mauchline Angling Club. His duties will include surveying the distribution of invasive...
by Stuart Brabbs | Jul 12, 2011 | General
After a fair bit of negotiation with Glasgow Prestwick Airport, ART finally gained access to spray the few giant hogweed plants that had developed within the perimiter fence. The Ladykirk Burn and the Sandyford Burn meet on the east side of the airfield before being...
by Stuart Brabbs | Jun 4, 2011 | Invasives
Brian and I were out spraying Giant Hogweed on the Galston Club water on thursday evening. We didn’t find many hogweed plants at all and perhaps only 2 or 3 that would have flowered this season which indicates that last years control was highly effective and all...