The UK’s rivers are teeming with all sorts of wildlife, from the scampering water voles to the graceful otters. One more recent addition to this list in the Loch Lomond catchment, are beavers.
The above picture is a burn blockage event on the Allochrear burn near Blanefield. The Loch Lomond Fisheries Trust has been actively dealing with blockage events, where a buildup of materials can build up at a particular spot in a river and/or burn and prevent ish and other aquatic organisms from migrating or passing through. […]
Over the last couple of months much of my work with Loch Lomond Fisheries Trust has focused on treating giant hogweed around the Loch Lomond catchment, particularly the River Blane and Endrick, which seem to be particularly badly affected. It is no easy feat. Giant hogweed seems to like to grow in the most hard […]
