Monthly Archives: March 2013
Police are appealing for sightings of Strathy reporter Clive Dennier who was reported missing this morning.
Mr Dennier, (50), was due to work at the newspaper’s Grantown office but failed to turn up.
Strathspey and Badenoch Herald - News
Even with the temperatures dropping again slightly, spring is definitely in the air. We have already seen an influx of summer visitors into Grantown including Grey Wagtails, Lapwings, Oystercatchers and Curlew. With March speeding by it won’t be long before… Continue reading
Last week I collected a sample of invertebrates from the Laggan beat of the Spey below Carron Bridge. The habitat here was mixed with cobbles and large embedded boulders in finer substrate, generally a dark riverbed with a coating of… Continue reading
Whilst Grantown has been bathed in sunshine for the last few weeks the summer migrants have been flooding in. A wander through Anagach Woods will find you lulled by the beautiful song of the Willow Warbler and Redstart, while you… Continue reading
Many will I’m sure be familiar with the Marine Scotland tagging project on the coast at Montrose, for those who are not see here . The project was primarily designed to track spring salmon destined for… Continue reading
The first Spey Briefing of 2013 is now available for downloaded HERE. The Briefing includes details of the Spey opening day catches and prize winers, a summary of the 2012 season, conservation policy and habtat restoration work underway in… Continue reading
After two and a bit days I finally managed to sort, identify and count the invertebrates samples from the bright and dark riverbed sites in the lower river at the Brae Water. On Friday I finished sorting the sample from… Continue reading
It has taken a while but with the linking of the Spey weekly fishing reports and Spey Blog to Facebook, and apparently Twitter, we are moving into the social media age!. We hope that linking future posts through… Continue reading
“If the burn was capable of holding that many fish then, what has changed that means that it can’t physically hold that many fish now? Yet another example of where the hatchery would be useful to bring a burn back… Continue reading