Promoting & Enhancing The Natural Beauty of the Sid Valley
Valley residents are well aware of the effects of heavy rain when water and soil runoff of the land and rivers rise in the blink of an eye. On 20th July Simon Browning, our catchment advisor, gave a zoom presentation explaining how he hadRead More
Leave a comment West Country Rivers League Table. How Does Your River Compare? The overall score for the catchment is based on a year’s data, collected at all sites in the Sid waterbody. It is calculated from the observations and water quality results attained during a WestcountryRead More
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The Results Of Years Of Hard Work By SVBG Members Has Been Compressed Into A Concise & Powerful Display For An AONB Exhibition At Kennaway House Below is a copy of the text on the display board … but to see photos of theRead More
Leave a comment Butterflies are among the most loved members of our wildlife, brightening summer days as they flutter and float around like delicate jewels. There is a butterfly for every colour of the spectrum plus white and brown so dark it might be called black. EveryRead More
Leave a comment Our next plant ID walk will be a gentle walk starting at Weston Car Park, Grammar Lane, Weston. The plan is to start at Weston car park, which is along eastern side of Weston Comb. Then we’ll follow the gentle path above the publicRead More
Leave a comment In 2018/19 the RSPB led a consultation on the future management of Firebeacon Hill near Sidmouth. The site has three compartments: The management plan that emerged from this process aims to create linked areas of lowland heath and wood pasture. This will increase biodiversityRead More
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I have never seen a Greater Celandine flowering in the countryside but I have often seen it in town. The photo here was taken down an alley in Honiton. A member of the poppy family with the typical four petalled flower and hairy stems,Read More
Leave a comment Who are you? We are the Westcountry Rivers Trust Citizen Science Investigations monitoring team in the Sid Valley. We are part of the Sid Valley Biodiversity Group which is run by volunteers and relies on donations and grants for funding. We work with individuals,Read More
Leave a comment Introducing Leif Bersweden, botanist, author and recent Springwatch presenter. What does your role involve? I’m a freelance botanist, or rather a freelance botanical communicator. For me, this means doing all sorts of different things that all come under the umbrella of raising the profileRead More
Leave a comment Work On The Sidford Food Forest Is Progressing At A Steady Rate, But Has Been Hampered By A Lack Of Water, Hot Weather And Now Rain! But We Never Expected Rapid Progress, A Project Such As This Needs To Be Measured & Paced AlongsideRead More
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