River Ythan Trust

River Ythan Trust The River Ythan Trust will promote effective management to protect &
enhance the river, fishery, aquatic and riperian habitat and its indigenous wildlife km.

The River Ythan Trust was formed in the early months of 2010 by a group of people who live or work in the Aberdeenshire Formartine area, including anglers and others with an interest in the river generally. The Trust is a Registered Scottish Charity (Scottish Charity No SC 041269) registered by OSCr on 12th February 2010. Membership of the Rivers and
Fisheries Trusts of Scotland (RAFTS) confirmed

in April 2010. The River Ythan Trust Area: Situated in the North East of Scotland north of Aberdeen
and south of Peterhead, includes the catchments of the River Ythan, Water of Cruden, Slains Burn and a number of small coastal streams. The total area amounts to 769 sq. The length
of rivers, tributaries and streams is in excess of 450 km. Objectives: The River Ythan Trust will promote effective management to protect and
enhance the fish, fishery, aquatic and riparian habitat, indigenous wildlife and the natural
environment of the River Ythan catchment as follows. To advance for charitable purposes and public benefit, environmental protection and
improvement, by conserving and enhancing all species of freshwater fish and their
environments, primarily, but not limited to the inland and coastal waters of the River
Ythan Trust area. The education of the public and any association, company, local authority,
administrative or governmental agency or public body or representative body in the
understanding of aquatic ecosystems, including their fauna, flora and economic or
social activity, river catchment management and the need for, and benefits of
protection, conservation, rehabilitation and improvement of aquatic and riparian
environments.

Those biomedia filters never quite disappeared! A successful morning of clearing up plastics. Some crisp packets had an ...
06/09/2025

Those biomedia filters never quite disappeared! A successful morning of clearing up plastics. Some crisp packets had an expiry date on them of 2001 and 2015. Other finds were dumped fast food packaging, fishing net and agricultural related plastics but also plastic straws (banned in 2022) and "wet" wipes likely disposed in toilets thinking these were biodegradable. They aren't unless explicitly said so on their packet- despite new legislation on its way, these plastic containing wipes stay around pretty much forever but certainly during your and your children's lifetime.Always check if they are biodegradable or why not take washable wipes instead. As you can see these plastic based wipes may end up in the river as a consequence of storm related overflow. You can find out more on storm overflow points on the Scottish water overflow map, where you can see there is an overflow point in Ellon and one on the estuary.
https://www.scottishwater.co.uk/Your-Home/Your-Waste-Water/Overflows/Live-Overflow-Map

This was a very interesting cleanup, to see what is going on the river banks. Thanks so much to the mighty EGCP- East Grampian Coastal Partnership for this collaboration. We hope to do similar again in the near future and if you are available please come and help.

Massive thank you to all involved.
27/08/2025

Massive thank you to all involved.

18/10/2023

📢 We're hiring! 📢

We're currently looking for two Project Officers to join our team with our partner the Deveron, Bogie & Isla Rivers Charitable Trust! These are both full time, fixed term roles to March 2026.

Depending on home location it is possible that each officer will have lead responsibility for either the River Deveron or the Rivers Ythan and Ugie.

Details, job description and how to apply: https://www.invasivespecies.scot/join-us

The Scottish Invasive Species Initiative is supported by the Scottish Government’s , managed by NatureScot.

NatureScot Net Zero Scotland River Ythan Trust Aberdeenshire Council Ranger Service Highland Environment Forum The River Dee Dee Catchment Partnership The River Don Spey Fishery Board Spey Catchment Initiative Esk Rivers Fishery Board & Trust Tay District Salmon Fishing Scotland Tayside Biodiversity Findhorn Nairn & Lossie Rivers Trust Findhorn Watershed Initiative Beauly Fishery Board Cromarty Firth Fishery Board and Trust Ness District Salmon Fishery Board West Sutherland Fisheries Trust Aberdeenshire Council Saving Scotland's Red Squirrels Aberdeen & Aberdeenshire Scottish Wildlife Trust Local Group

22/08/2023

Recent mink captures on the Deveron and Ythan catchments.

We had some activity on the Deveron and the Ythan catchments in the past few weeks.

One of our volunteer’s traps on the Turriff burn was especially busy! This is one of the four mink that has been captured from the same trap. This is not unusual for mink as after one capture, the scent attracts more to the same trap.

We also had a juvenile female on the Crooko burn (on the Ythan catchment) a couple of weeks ago.

This is a very busy time for mink control as juvenile mink are independent and start to disperse from mid-August.

Visit our website for more information about our mink control project and if you would like to get involved, we would love to hear from you!




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The Estate Office, Mains Of Haddo, Tarves
Ellon
AB417LD

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