Dean Ford
The upgrade at Dean Ford is virtually complete and should again open to traffic very shortly. This is a huge improvement over the ford and will allow salmon and trout to move up and downstream in virtually any height of water. There can’t be much left to do...Giant hogweed control commences on the Ayr
Following up on the previous years control of non native invasive species, ART managed to secure a limited amount of funding to allow us to control Giant hogweed in Ayrshire. With the plants not growing quickly, our contractors have started spraying this plant on the...Glaisnock Pollution at Cumnock
This afternoon I received a call from SEPA informing me that there had been a pollution incident on the Glaisnock Water at Cumnock. An articulated lorry carrying glue had overturned and spilt it’s load which had run to the burn. I headed straight there expecting...Water vole spotted at Belston
Max Stobbs called today to inform me that he thought he’s spotted a water vole at Belston. It appears he’s seen it a few time in front of the cabin which made me suspect it may be a rat so I asked him for a photo to confirm it’s identity. Both photos...Day 3 at Caaf
We scaled our operation down today but still managed to net more wee trout. No rainbow or eels turned up in the nets, just lovely but small brownies. We started by emptying the fyke nets left overnight fully expecting to capture trout and eels but unfortunately it was...Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
