Promoting & Enhancing The Natural Beauty of the Sid Valley
Could the River Sid be the shortest river in England? It’s only six miles long, so it’s not impossible. But there are other pretenders. For example, the River Bain in North Yorkshire makes the claim as being the shortest river in England, at justRead More
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This is the August 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 In autumn swifts, swallows, house martins and sand martins prepare to fly south fro the winter. They frequently gather on electric and telegraph wires, before departing en masse for a trip of many thousands of miles.
Leave a comment Sid Valley Biodiversity Group’s wildflower hunt continues to find new treasures as they follow in the Victorian footsteps of a local doctor. Doctor WH Cullen had a keen interest in many branches of science including keeping weather records and cataloguing local wildlife. His 1849 bookRead More
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