Tay Salmon Fisheries Estuary




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TAY ESTUARY DIARY
AUGUST 2008
Day one - a new month and what a contrast to the last day of last month, the skies opened up and it rained all day, this was the start of a very wet spell that saw the river back in spate...      

      
 
 
Estuary Picture Gallery

Wintering swans at Flukie bothy
River silt bunded to dry and then shaped for sandmartins to nest in
Flukie and Mary Salmon fishing bothies
Diesel netting cobble on tide line
Swans taking to the river
Old wooden salmon boxes being recycled in to bird nesting boxes
Mary salmon fishing station after 3ft of silt removed and beach restored.
Elcho castle pier after months of clearing back silt and debri by ourselves.
Elcho pier at low tide
Elcho Castle and grounds on the tay estuary
Elcho Castle and grounds on the tay estuary
Kinoull Hill from the river Tay
Elcho Castle from the river Tay
Flukie beach restored to how it would have been in the netting days. Now with beaches cleared this has encouraged wading birds back.
Boardwalk on the marsh leading to one of the many feeding stations and hides
Feeding station and hide on the Tay estuary
Boardwalks allowing access to hides at what ever height tides.
Winter on the Tay Estuary marsh
The gullet on the Tay estuary where the famous painter Sir John Everett Millais painted ''Chill October''
One of the many hides dotted along the shores of the Tay estuary
Hide on the banks of the Tay
Hide on the banks of the Tay
Hide at the head of the gullet
The gullet, a haven for wildlife
Hundreds of meters of boardwalks have been constructed on the marsh to allow better access to moniter the flora and fauna
Another example of the boardwalks allowing access at high tides
One of the oldest log boats discovered in Scotland being excavated and raised from it's site in the Tay Estuary.
The bronze Age log boat in the Tay Estuary at Carpow. Sandbagged to protect the exposed timber from the tides.
The log boat being carefully excavated. Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust radiocarbon dated it to 1000BC making it over 3000 years old
The log boat which measures 9.25m (30ft long) is made from a single piece of oak. This was used for fishing and wildfowling.
Netting rowing cobble restored to its former glory in the Tay Salmon colours.