by Stuart Brabbs | Jan 23, 2014 | Events, Invasives
We christened the new offices yesterday with a day long meeting for the CIRB partners and prospective partners should CIRB 2 proceed. By the afternoon session we had 14 people in the downstairs meeting room which was too many for the size of table we have but the room...
by Stuart Brabbs | Nov 8, 2013 | General, Invasives
Despite our best efforts, we still come across instances where poor practice is likely to have caused Japanese Knotweed to spread. I’ve moaned about verge cutting in the past and this still continues seemingly unabated. Gordon last week visited the Marchburn...
by Stuart Brabbs | Nov 7, 2013 | Conservation, General, Invasives
The latest newsletter from the CIRB project has now been published. Just click the link below. Newsletter October_2013
by Stuart Brabbs | Aug 27, 2013 | Invasives
Meryl arranged for her Carrick volunteers to receive NPTC PA6AW training on the 17th and 18th of the month. Her candidates were well prepared for the examinations that got underway today and by the time I left the office, I heard that several had successfully...
by Stuart Brabbs | Aug 27, 2013 | General, Invasives
This year we attempted to widen our balsam control to assess the effectiveness of different techniques but unfortunately by the time the contracts were awarded and the winners notified, the balsam was beginning to set seed so rather than experiment with strimming and...
by Stuart Brabbs | Aug 22, 2013 | fishing, General, Invasives
Our electrofishing kit broke down today so I knocked off work early and headed to the River Ayr for a cast or two. I was fishing my way down the Nursery Pool when something caught my eye. I finished fishing the pool and went back for a look and sure enough, there was...