18/08/2026
From the riverbed to the riverbank — a full day exploring the health of the Marr Burn! 🐟🌳
Last week we welcomed the Parents Inclusion Network to explore this Nith tributary from every angle. The day started with an electrofishing demonstration, giving everyone the chance to get hands-on with juvenile salmon and trout, along with stone loach and minnow — a brilliant introduction to what lives beneath the surface.
Next, the group turned detective, searching the burn for aquatic invertebrates — the vital food source for those young fish. Finally, they rounded things off by planting native trees along the riverbank, providing shade to keep the water cool for fish, stability to prevent erosion, and food for the invertebrate community.
From fish, to food, to habitat — the group saw the whole cycle of what makes a river healthy, and helped make the Marr Burn a little healthier in the process. Thank you to everyone from the Parents Inclusion Network who joined us! 🌿
With thanks to our funders — The Holywood Trust, Misses Robinsons Trust and Nithsdale and Annandale Community Benefit Company.
