by Stuart Brabbs | Mar 16, 2017 | Events, General
The clerk to the Board has announced the date of the next Stinchar DSFB meeting as below: Date of Meeting: Monday 10th April, 2017 Venue: Minuntion, Pinmore, By Girvan Time: 4.00pm Meeting: Board Meeting This meeting is open to the public and all are...
by Struan Candlish | Mar 14, 2017 | General
Yesterday Gordon and I were invited to have a stall at Girvan Primary to celebrate World Wildlife Day along with many other conservation and natural history groups. It was a busy day with around 450 pupils from Girvan Primary and some of the outlying schools attending...
by Struan Candlish | Mar 7, 2017 | General
On Monday the Rivers and Lochs in the Classroom Project (funded by Greggs Foundation) came to a close. Each of the schools have now released their trout alevins into local watercourses under licence from Marine Scotland Science. The project has been a fantastic...
by Struan Candlish | Mar 1, 2017 | General
Two years ago we posted about the Dippol Burn at Auchinleck and how we reintroduced a few trout to it following 40 years without these fish after they were killed by pollution. This Saturday 4th March we are at the Boswell Centre seeking for a small grant at the...
by Stuart Brabbs | Feb 22, 2017 | General
I had a trip around the Skares and Netherton Coal Sites this morning as a member of the technical working group that helps guide the restoration. With nearly 14mm of rainfall in Mauchline in the last 24 hours and probably more at these nearby sites, I was interested...
by Muir Glendinning | Feb 22, 2017 | Conservation, Events, General
Ayrshire Rivers Trust (ART) in conjunction with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) aim to restore fish passage on the Lugton Water by constructing a new dedicated fish pass at this location. Currently preventing fish migration upstream. The works will...