Culroy Burn
Following up on the surveys we undertook on the Culroy Burn last year, I decided to take a look at it today on my way back from a farm visit. We recently had a report of American Signal Crayfish on this burn. Although a bit early in the season yet, I thought I would...Doon Egg trial is under way
Weather once again threatened our planned work on the Doon. It was bad enough struggling with high water all summer but on the day we planned to plant the egg boxes in the river, we were subjected to blizzards. No matter what, we were going ahead with this today if we...Egg Trials
As the River Ayr has been suffering from poor juvenile stocks for the last few years, we have been researching possible causes for this problem for some time. In order to determine what life stages are most affected, we decided to plant egg boxes out at key points...Stripping fish
Last Saturday we intended planting egg boxes across the Ayr catchment to help to identify where the problems with poor stocks originate. As arranged we arrived at Boreland Hatchery at Cumnock at 9.30 but by then it was obvious that the previous evening’s rain...Spawning is underway.
I took a trip up the upper Ayr where I’ve been regularly check for signs of spawning. With the recent cold weather, it seems that some fish have already spawned a few weeks earlier than normal. I spoke with the head bailiff this afternoon and he informed me that...Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
