Category: stream development
Landmark achievement with 3000 metres of nursery stream enhancements for recruitment of wild brown trout and salmon
Working in collaboration with Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), Cairde an Chláir welcomed representatives from organisations involved in the group success of attaining a landmark achievement year, to a photo opportunity to celebrate the completion of 3000 metres of nursery stream habitat enhanced for the recruitment of wild brown trout and salmon in the Clare river…
The Finaway Restoration Project
In late September I walked a development in the Sheelin catchment, a tributary of the Mount Nugent river, the Finaway. Brenda Montgomery, Assistant Inspector, Inland Fishery Ireland (IFI) and Thomas Lynch, secretary Lough Sheelin Trout Protection Association (LSTPA), kindly invited me to walk this development with them and to show me the work which they…
Omaum Development
The Omaum, this 1400 metre enhancement completes our instream development work for 2024 and it will be the last of our posts for instream development work this year. This enhancement is the biggest of our scheduled developments and when added to the previous project work, the total for instream development accrued to 3000 metres for…
River Nanny, Drumaskin
Those who are familiar with Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, will know that on a warm summers day Alice falls asleep and drifts into a dream about Wonderland. Well on my walk yesterday to cover the River Nanny development at Drumaskin, I felt like I was walking through Wonderland. This stunning 700 metre…
Birmingham Demesne roundup
Took a final look at the instream work for the Birmingham Demesne project. All instream development for this 500 metre enhancement has now been completed and attached are a few photos to round-up this projects work.
River Nanny: Birmingham Demesne continued
Following photographs show the varying methods used to improve the river for spawning
River Nanny: Birmingham Demesne
The next phase in our 2024 schedule for stream development is the Birmingham Demesne project on the River Nanny. This 500 metre enhancement will create fresh spawning sites on a section of the River Nanny where spawning potential is poor due to previous land drainage work. Rock deflectors were not required for this development but…
Nanny river: Pollaphuca enhancement 2022
This development on the headwaters of the river Nanny was completed in 2022. I walked this development in April 2023 just to see how the scars of the enhancement had recovered and took some photographs. 400 metres had been sympathetically enhanced and in just over six months the obvious scars of recent development work had…
Kilgevrin stream development
The instream work for this 400 metre development has now been completed. Gravel infill has created new runs and glides to speed up flow and provide new spawning sites. These sites will hopefully be utilised by spawning trout and salmon during November and December. Rock constriction points to increase flow and create a pool, riffle…
New stream development Kilgevrin
Walked the recent development Kilgevrin yesterday and took some photos of the newly constructed pools and gravel infill. This is the first phase of 2024 plan for scheduled development work. Gravel infill to increase flow within narrowed section, creates new spawning sites and rock randomly placed within the pool below provides shelter for juvenile fish…