Generous donation
We are very grateful to Peacock Salt at Ayr Harbour who generously offered and donated a couple of salt bins to the Trust. We won’t use them for salt but may either use them as biosecurity stations or fish transport tanks (once the necessary hole is sealed and...Culroy Burn at Sauchrie
With water levels still slightly too high this morning for electrofishing surveys, we decided to take Jim and Niall, our two volunteers for the day, out tree planting. We are grateful for their generous support. It’s great to have their assistance and they seem...Balsam Bash on the Muck Water.
This afternoon Muir and I were on the Muck Water with volunteers from Drumgrange and Keirs Angling Club to deal with what we hope is the last stand of Himalayan balsam on the watercourse. The saying “many hands make light work” is never more true than when pulling...MSS Salmon Tracking Project
With our salmon tracking site approved by MSS, we decided to place the mooring and receiver in Ayr harbour today. Not in the useable harbour but upstream of any boat traffic beside the old railway bridge pillars. Plan A was a good one (so we thought). Float the...Electrofishing season begins on the Doon.
Today saw us begin our timed electrofishing for the District Salmon Fishery Boards. With water levels still a little on the high side on the Ayr system we opted to begin on the Doon. With the dust brushed of the gear we headed to the bottom of the Doon on an absolute...Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
