May month started off with a steady river and reasonable weather for the time of year. It was a dry month overall apart from the weekend of the 23rd/24th where we had it wet and stormy, there was a quick …
Tay Estuary Diary May 2020
Tay Estuary Diary April 2020
It has been a month like no other as the lockdown continued across the country. Working in isolation during the thirty days of April has been the only way to continue and stay safe. April turned out to be a …
Tay Estuary Diary March 2020
In a month that started off on an almost normal footing March would turn out to be a month like no other in our lifetime. As the Corona Virus pandemic swept the country, a three week national lock down was …
Tay Estuary Diary February 2020
After having a reasonably mild easy winter to contend with February has certainly made up for it with storms, rain, hail and snow all thrown into the mix and a river in almost constant spate, peaking at over 15ft above …
Tay Estuary Diary January 2020
The 1st day of the New Year started well with a nice dry bright calm day and we had a few Aconite appear over the holiday period which were out on display as we returned to work. This weather pattern …
Tay Estuary Diary December 2019
The first day of the month started with a hard frost, the mercury hitting minus 5⁰C and slowing up the run off coming down through the catchment. It was soon to get milder and wetter after that; with the river …
Tay Estuary Diary November 2019
It was a cold wet 1st week to the month that saw the river level sitting around the three to four feet mark. Then a cold frosty spell followed and the river slow right up and levels drop back a …
Tay Estuary Diary October 2019
Once again, we had very mixed weather over the month covering everything from one very wet week that saw a rapid rise in the river level to the first hard frosts of the autumn. There have been some lovely sunrises …
Tay Estuary Diary September 2019
The month started off with some cooler dull dry days and the spate that was coming down the system started to abate, and the river eased up a bit down on the estuary. The 1st of the month saw the …
Tay Estuary Diary August 2019
It was a dry warm start to the month of August and the river was slowly dropping back to summer level but this all changed by the end of the first week when we had heavy rain and the river …