Promoting & Enhancing The Natural Beauty of the Sid Valley
The River Sid Is Arguably The Shortest River In England; Rising In Crowpits Covert (OS grid reference SY 138963), Devon and Completing Its Journey To the Sea at Sidmouth, It Is A Complete and Compact River, Just Six Miles Long. Whilst the River Sid hasRead More
2 responses Introduction The butterfly survey in the Sid Valley took place from the 16th of July 2021 to the 8th of August 2021 to run concur- rently with Butterfly Conservation’s Big Butterfly Count (BBC). Each survey is formatted to run for 15 minutes and usesRead More
Leave a comment Look up! Can you hear them? The happy chattering or the screams of joy? In my twenties, a friend and I would call swifts, swallows or martins: ‘swims’. This was not only because we couldn’t be bothered to tell the difference between these birdsRead More
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This is the July 2021 update to the year-long survey of the valley’s herbaceous plants being carried out by volunteers with the Sid Valley Biodiversity Group. Reports from previous months can be found on the Group’s website https://sidvalleybiodiversity.org/ and all of the group’s recordsRead More
Leave a comment These wild boar are in the Forest of Dean where there is a large herd. There have also been sightings on Dartmoor and Exmoor plus sightings in Somerset. The question is, will they also be sighted in the Sid Valley, and if so, when?
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Leave a comment Introd This is the tenth update to the year-long survey of the valley’s herbaceous plants being carried out by volunteers with the Sid Valley Biodiversity Group. The group is compiling a modern list to compare with the list of 657 species drawn up byRead More
Leave a comment How Many Bird Species Can You Identify in this Four Minute Video? List them in the comments.
1 response Wild About Devon Has Launched & SVBG Welcomes It. Sometimes it feel like we are the only ones interested in improving biodiversity. But the fact is there are hundreds of organisations and groups plus thousands of individuals in Devon just as keen asRead More
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