by Stuart Brabbs | Aug 28, 2018 | General
Job Vacancy Ayrshire Rivers Trust requires temporary staff to assist with fieldwork over the next few weeks. This post will require commitment to work in all weather conditions. We may engage more than one candidate. The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic...
by Struan Candlish | Aug 22, 2018 | Conservation, Electrofishing, fishing, General
With one team electrofishing on the Girvan catchment the other team made an early start and headed down to the Stinchar valley to monitor a handful of tributary sites yesterday. Year to year populations fluctuate for a variety of reasons not least due to the...
by Stuart Brabbs | Aug 18, 2018 | Conservation, General
On the way back up the Girvan catchment yesterday, we stopped in the middle reaches to check progress of our green bank engineering that was installed in April 2016. This area of the Girvan contributed tonnes of silt and fine sediment to the river each year and had a...
by Stuart Brabbs | Aug 11, 2018 | Conservation, General
We attended the Clean Up Tarbolton Woods Campaign event at Montgomerie Castle on the Fail this afternoon. I was pleased to see so many local families turn out and enjoy the activities that CUTWC had laid on. Burgers were available and enjoyed by all. The burn...
by Struan Candlish | Aug 8, 2018 | Conservation, General
I noticed one of our neighboring Trust’s post this link yesterday evening and I would urge our readers to respond to this consultation document. Developing an Environment Strategy for Scotland: https://www.gov.scot/Publications/2018/06/4147/downloads This is an...
by Muir Glendinning | Jul 16, 2018 | General
Ayrshire Rivers Trust in partnership with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency are commissioning a project to help deliver a solution to fish passage problems at in-river barriers in Ayrshire. This invitation to tender is for the construction phase to be...