River Spey River Levels and Web Cameras
Latest Conditions
Following last week’s report from the Board relating to the water conditions I am pleased to see that this week has been much cooler
with a North Easterly wind holding down the temperature – which helps to reduce the stress on the fish. We have had some Saprolegnia which has shown up in the main stem, we believe on about 50 fish.
Firstly, the Board would like to thank the Proprietors and Ghillies for their pragmatic and cautious approach to the management of these low water conditions, in particular with their handling of fish. It’s great to see such good support all along the river.
Many of you will have noted that the Spey, Tay, Annan and the Galloway Dee have now been added to the list of rivers including the Tweed, Dee and Deveron with Moderate scarcity on the scale of water scarcity in Scotland. Our view is made on scientific grounds, and the advice we give is supported by this.
We are however fortunate that it looks like there will be significant rainfall in the upper catchment over the next week which should hopefully lead to more water and, with cloud cover, less irradiation assisting in keeping the water cool.
On this basis the Board reiterates its message of caution in the timing of Fishing and the handling of fish.
Once again, many thanks to all concerned for acting in a supportive and cautious way on the river.
We will continue to monitor the situation as it develops and play our part to keep you informed.
Peter
Graham
Chair, Spey Fishery Board
SEPA River Levels
Use the links below to view the river level data, direct on the SEPA website.
River Spey Web Cameras
Map of Monitoring Stations and Camera Locations
River Spey Water Quality Station
Atlantic salmon need access to cold, clean water if they are to thrive, rather than just survive. Early in 2021, The Spey Fishery Board installed a measuring and logging station at Easter Elchies to monitor water quality. This equipment was donated to the Spey by Dorenell Wind Farm after seven years of monitoring water quality, every 15 minutes, in the upper River Fiddich.
The logging station is located at Easter Elchies fishing beat, Craigellachie and after an upgrade it commenced logging and transmitting a range of water quality parameters. The logger records pH, oxygen saturation, temperature, river height, conductivity and turbidity. The data can be accessed, in real-time, from the link below.
In the near future we hope to have an app that will provide easy, finger-tip access to the latest river data.
