Promoting & Enhancing The Natural Beauty of the Sid Valley
We are a group of volunteers working with local communities to explore, enrich and share our enthusiasm for the biodiversity of Sid Valley. We do this by: Helping people to understand and celebrate the rich diversity of wildlife in the valley. Encouraging people toRead More
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People bring Holly into their homes for Christmas and the tradition goes back into pre-Christian times with Holly seen as a symbol of eternal life defeating winter. There are many myths and legends about Holly, but it is also an important part of ourRead More
Leave a comment Floods and high water volumes are found around the world, not just here in the Sid Valley. And here’s a video from Slovakia involving Brits, from the Flow Partnership, building wooden log dams to control the flow. The techniques used aren’t confined to Slovakia,Read More
Leave a comment December 2023 has been a very wet month. So here’s a look back at how dry and parched the Byes were just a few summers ago. Thanks to Seb Fitzhenry and Friends of The Byes for this YouTube video.
Leave a comment No, not a new Christmas game, a new nature survey that needs local volunteers. Mistletoe has an air of Christmas magic and is steeped in folk lore and mythology as Janet Dowling told us last year (Sidmouth Herald 10/12/2022), but that mythology is bound up in its curious lifestyle. Mistletoe doesn’t growRead More
Leave a comment The Sid Valley Biodiversity Group is engaged in a project to help improve the health of our river. The group has been carrying out various investigations and surveys to establish the current state of the river before they can plan how to make itRead More
Leave a comment The colourful jewels that are Waxcap fungi are springing up as if by magic in grassland around the town. Late October into November is the time of year when many fungi put up their fruiting bodies and Waxcaps are among the most colourful andRead More
Leave a comment Friday, November 18th 2023 Immediate Release MP Answers Biodiversity Questions Sid Valley Biodiversity Group members recently met Simon Jupp MP, at KennawayRead More
Leave a comment You are unlikely to see one , but there is a colony of the tiny harvest mouse living on Mutter’s Moor. These agile acrobats are often pictured climbing an ear of wheat with their tail coiled round the stalk, but most of them liveRead More
Leave a comment The Recent Fungi Wall Art Work By Bob Reynolds & Sidmouth School of Art Deserves Special Mention Here. Not Just Because Of The Stunning Photography, But Also Because It Has Brought This Wonderful Kingdom To Public Attention. It was a hard to miss statementRead More
Leave a comment Biodiversity Was The Theme Of A Day At The 2023 Sidmouth Science Festival. Sewage Pollution, Pine Marten, Saving Butterflies &Upgrading The River Camel. Thanks to Sheila Meades and the Science Festival team for organising these talks. The River Sewage Pollution Scandal Professor Peter HammondRead More
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