Keith McKellar, representing the Institute, was very pleased to be invited to consult on the Local Biodiversity Action Plan for Ayrshire, at their recent meeting at Dean House Country Park, Kilmarnock.

The Institute is pleased to support Strathclyde Police’s Rural Watch Scheme, and is working closely with the Strathclyde Police Wildlife Liaisons Officer. As one of the early members of PC Gordon’s Rural Watch Initiative, the Institute are conscious of the positive effect that this scheme has had in increasing the vigilance, reducing rural crime and fly-tipping in the area.

The Institute is supporting the Scottish Rural Property and Business Association’s (SRPBA) Ayrshire Fly-tipping Initiative, a joint initiative with Keep Scotland Beautiful, to gather evidence of fly-tipping incidents in Ayrshire www.dumbdumpers.org.uk/howtoreport.asap.