Monthly Archives: March 2014
The river level in the Avon has dropped over the last few days and we have had to lift the drum to avoid contact with the hard and stony riverbed. However it is still fishing okay and we are starting… Continue reading
We had an early start this morning for the sawbill duck count, followed by some tinkering with the Avon smolt trap then up to the Dulnain to download the temperature loggers and give them their annual battery change.… Continue reading
Leafy suburbs with politicians and news reporters in wellington boots on the 6 o’clock news can only signal one thing – flooding across the south of England. Our hearts must go out to those with homes and businesses that have… Continue reading
Six km or riverside fencing has been erected along the banks of the Spey in the Boat of Garten area under the ”Pearls in Peril” LIFE project (see here ). This project aims to protect and… Continue reading
One of the less well known impacts of dams and weirs is the interruption of the downstream transport of gravel that occurs in every river naturally inhabited by salmon. This is very apparent in the Allt Bhran,… Continue reading
Last Friday Steve and myself went up the Dalwhinnie to record some transects (cross sections) of the Truim. The purpose was to collect baseline data for the Truim in advance of the SEPA decision on the Scottish and… Continue reading