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Promoting & Enhancing The Natural Beauty of the Sid Valley

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Month: October 2023

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Tail Piece, Harvest Mice,

On October 29, 2023 By Ed Dolphin
  • Animals

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

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Celebrating Mycology & The Diversity of Fungi In & Around Sidmouth.

On October 23, 2023 By Stefan Drew
  • Fungi

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

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Biodiversity At The Sidmouth Science Festival

On October 23, 2023 By Stefan Drew
  • Uncategorized

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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The European Hedgehog

On October 20, 2023 By Emily Hobson-Martin
  • Herald Article

As autumn rolls around, bonfires are planned and thoughts turn to our prickly friends; the humble European hedgehog.     Once referred to as ‘hedgepigs’, and even ‘urchins’ if we look further into history, the hedgehog is one of Britain’s most iconic and engaging mammals.  There is something about theirRead More

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Leaky Dams & Other Water Catchment Control Methods

On October 19, 2023 By Stefan Drew
  • River Sid

Leaky Dams Are In The News These Day But They Aren’t The Only Water Catchment Control Process Or Device That We Can Consider. This Video Series Is Filmed In America, And Deals With Water Catchments On Ranches. We Don’t Have Any Ranches In OurRead More

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Sidmouth’s Kingdom of Fungi

On October 11, 2023 By Stefan Drew
  • Uncategorized

Sidmouth School of Art celebrates the changing of the season and local biodiversity with Sidmouth Fungi by local photographer Bob Reynolds Bob Reynolds new work for Sidmouth Wallspace is a magical, mysterious ethereal work highlighting the beauty and diversity of locally found fungi. Sidmouth School of Art’s latest billboard artwork SidmouthRead More

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And Are There Dandelions for Dinner?

On October 6, 2023 By Stefan Drew
  • Herald Article

Dandelions divide us. Some see them as obnoxious weeds. And some see them as biodiversity indicators that provide nectar and pollen for pollinators, especially when little else is flowering.  But there is a third option. One all of us might embrace if only weRead More

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Food Forest Tasks

On October 2, 2023 By Stefan Drew
  • Food forest

Below is an outline task calendar for work at the Food Forest and Forest Garden. Scroll down the list to view the whole year. Monthly volunteer sessions are normally held at 2pm on the last Sunday of each month, but are weather dependant. JoinRead More

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