It was a drier start to this month and the 12 feet of extra water that was coming down the system was soon abating, but in what proved to be a wetter milder month overall the river stayed in spate …
Tay Estuary Diary November 2020
Tay Estuary Diary October 2020
We were just into October as the weather turned wet on us and once again we had some spate and a rising river, sadly this was to be a pattern for most of the month. Most of this month seemed …
Tay Estuary Diary September 2020
It was a cool blustery start to the month that also saw the start to the duck shooting season down on the estuary. There has been the odd wildfowler out and about but nothing like it was back in eighties …
Tay Estuary Diary August 2020
We had a dull cool start to what proved to be a wet month with some extreme conditions in the mix. Around the 12th there was record rainfall recorded over a short space of time, and a thunder and lightning storm …
Tay Estuary Diary July 2020
We had a cool calm showery start to the month and by the end of the first week there was a bit spate back on the river after some heavy rain, but it soon settled back down again. Overall it …
Tay Estuary Diary June 2020
After some glorious weather last month things began to change a bit as we progressed into June, with the temperature falling a bit and some wetter days prevailed. There was not enough rain to have much effect on the river …
Tay Estuary Diary May 2020
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 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 …