Category Archives: ova / eggs

Troot in the Shed 2014 starts at the Stronsay School

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Mr. Pietri

Around 150 brown trout ova arrived by plane on Stronsay this morning and after a presentation on the trout life cycle, the Secondary 2 pupils helped to transfer the eggs into the tank. Following a quick check, we noticed that … Continue reading →

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New batch of trout eggs for the Sanday School

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Mr. Pietri

Sanday received their ova on Monday morning and I’m glad to say that in spite of gale force winds and a rather bumpy flight on the small Islander plane, the ova completed their journey in very good condition. When the … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Stromness Primary!

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Mr. Pietri

Yesterday morning, Stromness Primary school joined the “Troot in the Shed” project for the first time. Malcolm Thomson visited Mr Taylor’s class and introduced the pupils to the life cycle of the brown trout and sea-trout. They also were able to have a good look … Continue reading →

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“Troot in the Shed 2014” underway at North Walls!

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Mr. Pietri

Thanks to Mr. Erskine who braved a force 8 gale yesterday morning during his crossing to the island of Hoy, the North Walls school was able to kick off the project. About 200 eyed ova  are now being looked after … Continue reading →

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Troot activities at North Walls!

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Mr. Pietri

These are the beautiful photos I received  yesterday from North Walls. Adele, Andrew, Ben, Cameron and Molly to name but a few, explained how they used the data from their mini-hatchery to produce graphs during maths classes and how they … Continue reading →

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WARM WEATHER WARNING

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Mr. Pietri

After the St. Andrews incident which wiped out all the alevins, and some concerns from other schools regarding the rise in water temperature caused by a few warm sunny days, Mr. Erskine, who has been overseeing the project on Hoy, … Continue reading →

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Stronsay news…

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Mr. Pietri

For the third consecutive year, the Stronsay School are running their mini-hatchery. I bet Arna and Wilma, our cordon-bleu school cooks whose freezer shed is shared with our ova, wouldn’t mind a couple of trout to spice up school dinners … Continue reading →

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Sanday school up and running!

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Mr. Pietri

Today, the Sanday school received 119 ova from Swannay Loch brood stock. After a car journey from the Kirbister hatchery to the airport, a flight on board the Islander plane to Sanday and a short run on the minibus to … Continue reading →

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Eggs delivered safely at St.Andrews Primary

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Mr. Pietri

St. Andrews Primary received their trout eggs today! A big thank you to Sandy Kerr who delivered the eggs and who had to drive all the way from Stromness, with a detours through Orphir and the Kirbister hatchery in very … Continue reading →

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Troot in the Shed 2013 starts off at North Walls!

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Mr. Pietri

Thursday 17th January saw the first trout eggs delivered to North Walls Community School. Jim Erskine, who has trained generations of Orcadian trout anglers, gladly took on the challenge of transporting the fragile cargo from the Kirbister hatchery to the … Continue reading →

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