Tilliefoure Fishing

18/09/2026

I've added my name - it takes 30 seconds.

15/08/2026

Ten minutes for 50 metres of riverbed, and not a hydraulic hose in sight.

Harry, an eight-year-old French Comtois, is harrowing the gravels of the River Coln in Gloucestershire so oxygenated water can reach spawning trout and grayling.

It was the river keeper's idea, and Harry will be back fortnightly until November.

https://troutandsalmon.com/news/draught-horse-harrow-river-coln/

09/08/2026

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02/07/2026

Our latest water scarcity report shows Findhorn has moved to Moderate Scarcity and the Dee (Aberdeen) catchment has been raised to Alert level.

Several eastern catchments are experiencing drier than normal conditions following a dry spring, with river flows low to very low for this time of year. While recent rainfall has brought some unsettled weather, the risk of water scarcity remains across parts of eastern Scotland.

Read the latest report and check local conditions using our Drought Risk Assessment Tool: https://beta.sepa.scot/news/2026/dry-weather-conditions-continue-in-the-east-of-the-country/

29/06/2026

'They need three things: cold, clean, free-flowing water. They aren’t fooled by expensive fish passes and thin buffer strips on farms – what’s needed is whole-river restoration, from source to estuary, across entire catchments.'

Our Trustee, Ella McSweeney, pens a powerful piece in The Irish Times arguing for urgent, meaningful action for Ireland's wild salmon.

Read it at 👉 https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/06/13/wild-salmon-are-on-the-verge-of-extinction-there-is-not-one-salmon-to-spare/

25/06/2026

🐾 Why do we need to work at scale to tackle American mink? 🐾

Today for we're looking at why is it important to work at scale in an American mink control project.

American mink can migrate over large distances. Most juveniles will stay relatively close to their mother's territory but a significant proportion travel much further - sometimes over 80 km! 😮

Territory sizes will vary but tend to be around 5 km of river, depending on habitat quality and the s*x of the mink, with males holding larger territories than females.

This means that is it essential to work on a large scale to be effective. If only a small area is covered, mink will quickly move in from neighbouring areas and recolonise.

Our American mink control project operates on a landscape-scale, covering over a third of mainland Scotland. River catchments in border regions will have an influx of mink moving in from uncontrolled areas but those in the centre of the project are better protected.

We see this reflected in our capture numbers, with higher mink captures in Tayside and Wester Ross and lower numbers in Aberdeenshire. Almost 60% of our mink captures last year came from only two areas - the River Tay and Wester Ross!

Our dedicated volunteers are essential to manage a network at this scale - in 2025 we had over 400 volunteers monitoring traps and rafts across northern Scotland. We simply couldn't do it without them! 🙏

📷 American mink © J McAvoy

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22/06/2026

Staff Update

We are sad to announce that Angus will be leaving us in mid-July to pursue new opportunities.

As a result, we are now looking for a part-time member of staff to join our team. If you are interested, please get in touch.

We would like to thank Angus for his hard work, dedication, and commitment over the past four years, and we wish him every success for the future