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View Article  Update on Tagged Grayling Recaptures
Recaptured tagged Grayling shows more movement in the River than previously known for the species   more »
View Article  A Tweed Fisheries Biologist's Week - Monday 23rd July
A Pacific Salmon turns up in the Tweed ! Work on the Tweed model for the Kelso show and the Tweedsmuir trap.   more »
View Article  Pacific Salmon Holidays On Tweed!
A Pacific Salmon turns up on Tweed   more »
View Article  A Tweed Fisheries Biologist's Week - Monday 16th July
Fieldwork still washed out this week, so inside working instead - history of Tweed salmon rod fisheries the main Management Manual work. Almost finished the model of the Tweed for the Kelso show.   more »
View Article  First Salmon of 2007 Ascends the Gala Water
The Tweed Foundation's fish counter on the Gala Water starts adding to its database of Salmon movements upstream   more »
View Article  A Tweed Fisheries Biologist's Week - Monday 9th July
Sediment and Salmon; making a model of the Tweed; planning a re-run of a 1970's trout trap and trying the estuary trap again this week.   more »
View Article  Fishing the Lesser-Known Areas of the Tweed catchment
A Tweed Foundation fishing trip has a serious research purpose........   more »
View Article  A Tweed Fisheries Biologist's Week - Monday July 2nd
Signal Crayfish report writing and washed off the river so far this week.   more »
View Article  A Tweed Fisheries Biologist's Week - Monday 25th June
Adjusting work to the water levels. The Ettrick counter returns from Iceland but can;t get it to work fully. Get some ideas for trout trap improvement and try out the estuary trap.   more »
View Article  Summer Electro-fishing Surveys in the Tweed catchment
All are invited to come and see what can be found in Tweed's burns   more »
View Article  Tweed Foundation - Latest Annual Report
The 2006 Annual Report from the Tweed Foundation is now available   more »
View Article  A Tweed Fisheries Biologist's Week : Monday 18th June
Admin, giving evidence in the Berwick Magistrates' Court and an angling survey so far this week.   more »
View Article  Tweed Auction 2007 : Remaining Lots
Some Auction lots still on offer. An opportunity to bag some prime fishing this autumn on Tweed .....   more »
View Article  First Brown Trout Pass Through The Gala Counter
Update on the new Gala fish counter   more »
View Article  A Tweed Fisheries Biologist's Week - Monday 4th June
The estuary trap; temperature dataloggers download; the fieldwork programme for the summer and netting the river at Coldstream this week.   more »
View Article  Last Week To Bid In Tweed Auction
Last chance to put a bid in for prime autumn fishing on Tweed   more »
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View Article  A Tweed Fisheries Biologist's Week : Monday 28th May
The estuary trap and the management manual are the main themes for this week.   more »
View Article  Fish Counter Results for May 2007
A respectable total for the month   more »
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View Article  Tweed Bird Counts
One of the annual bird counts help to monitor the impact on fish stocks   more »
View Article  A Tweed Fisheries Biologist's week - Monday 21st May
Working on the trap for the estuary and the Management Manual and rediscover data on tagged Sea-trout smolts from the 1950's this week.   more »
View Article  Tweed Trout & Grayling Initiative: 2007 Angler Surveys
Bankside angler surveys taking place this season - please help   more »
View Article  A Tweed Fisheries Biologist's Week - Monday 14th May
Consultation on the Non-native Species Strategy, proposal for a North Sea Sea-trout programme & the Patrons & Benefactorsrs Day this week.   more »
View Article  Crayfish Caught on Camera
The Tweed catchment's alien species receives the attention of the media   more »
View Article  Know Your Enemy: Update on the Till Signal Crayfish Population
With the weather warming up, further work on establishing the extend of the Till's Signal Crayfish population is underway   more »
View Article  Diseased Smolts on the Whiteadder
A strange disease, unseen before on Tweed, has turned up on the Whiteadder   more »
View Article  A Tweed Fisheries Biologists Week - Monday 7th May
Diseased smolts from the Whiteadder, interview about the Teviot for Border TV and preparing a presentation on my previous post in Turkey so far this week.   more »
View Article  Fish Counters Results - April 2007

Despite the very low water levels, a good number of fish got up the Ettrick and through the counter in April, 18 of which were definitely Salmon. There were also two Grayling !

Nothing up the Gala Water yet.

Figures are in the attachment.

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View Article  River Fly Sampling & Identification Course
Free Course on River Fly Life Identification offered   more »
View Article  A Tweed Fisheries Biologist's Week - Monday 30th April
Traps, smolts, the GB Non-native Species Strategy, diseased smolts and stuffing envelopes so far this week   more »
View Article  2007 TWEED FISHING AUCTION NOW LIVE
The Tweed Foundation's annual Auction of autumn fishing on Tweed provides a unique opportunity to fish this great river   more »
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View Article  Fish Sizes on Tweed

There having been considerable interest in the numbers of small grilse caught during the 2006 season, an investigation was carried ...   more »

View Article  Tweed Trout & Grayling Initiative Seeks Anglers To Help Collect Scales From Brown Trout

As part of a project being undertaken by the Tweed Trout & Grayling Initiative it is hoped that anglers can ...   more »

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View Article  A Tweed Fisheries Biologists Week - Monday 23rd April
Liasion meeting with the Galloway Fisheries Trust, PIT tags and fish traps, and discovery of a missing historical text so far this week.   more »
View Article  Tweed Trout & Grayling Initiative Fly Life Survey
Counting the fly life of the Tweed takes time and patience....   more »
View Article  A Tweed Fisheries Biologist's Week - Monday 16th April
Office work on the Water Framework Directive, getting the estuary trap ready and trying a creel survey of the Melrose water so far this week.   more »
View Article  Diseased Spring Fish Investigated
Suspicious Spring Salmon deaths are, once again this year, the subject of investigation by the Tweed Foundation   more »
View Article  Fish Counter Results to the end of March 2007

Fish Counter Results to the end of March :

Not much going up, but not much expected this early in the year. Of the five fish counted up the Ettrick, four were trout. Two Salmon, however, were reported to have been caught already in the Ettrick, which must have gone up before the counter was re-installed on the 22nd March.

To get the attachment with the results, click on the attachment below

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View Article  Video of Lampreys spawning
Attachment - mpg file (9.1mb)
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View Article  A Tweed Fisheries Biologist's Week - Monday 9th April
Dead Springer, Smolts, Scotsman journalist and spawning lampreys this week.   more »
View Article  Brook Lamprey Found Spawning on a Tributary of the Leader Water
Excellent shots of Brook Lamprey spawning caught by the Tweed Foundation   more »
View Article  A Tweed Fisheries Biologist's Week - Monday 2nd April
Trustees Meeting, Irish visitors & forestry, salmon fishery history and the first smolts this week.   more »