by Stuart Brabbs | Dec 1, 2017 | Conservation, fishing, General
We visited the upper Stinchar in search of salmon spawning a couple of days ago and filmed this beautiful wee river on a bright winter’s day. We had also been rescuing fish from a burn on the Duisk ahead of emergency repairs taking place so while we did have...
by Stuart Brabbs | Nov 27, 2017 | Conservation, Events, fishing, General
With Stuart over in the Ayr catchment I headed to the upper Girvan yesterday afternoon. After our washed out visit on Friday afternoon I took advantage of the SEPA gauge working and decided the levels were just about right. Spawning has yet to...
by Stuart Brabbs | Nov 1, 2017 | Conservation, Electrofishing, General
We annually visit Glenmuir Water (aka the Shaw Burn) to download temperature data from our logger high on the Lugar side of the Ayr catchment. It is a long trek out there even in a 4×4 but it is a lovely but barren place to visit. Salmon numbers have crashed on...
by Stuart Brabbs | Oct 30, 2017 | Conservation, General
With the sun shining, I had a look at a few things on the upper Ayr today. It’s been a while since we’ve been able to use the drone to identify issues or to re examine those we already know about. Having another perspective sometimes reveals things you...
by Stuart Brabbs | Oct 30, 2017 | Conservation, General
What a rare event, sunshine and no rain! It was a great day to be out and Struan and I headed to Loch Doon to continue with our salmon tagging study to help us improve migration...
by Struan Candlish | Oct 23, 2017 | Conservation, General
We are keeping a close eye on how the willow spiling we installed at Tarholm on the Ayr is developing since we completed this work just under 1 month ago. It is incredible to see how much silt is being deposited with each spate. The photos below illustrate the change...