Promoting & Enhancing The Natural Beauty of the Sid Valley
Who doesn’t love blackberries? These juicy delights have been a source of free food from nature’s larder since before recorded history and August is the best month to enjoy them. By the time you get to late September fruits are still ripening but theyRead More
Leave a comment We Used To Have Carnivorous Plants On Salcombe And Peak Hills, Now You Have To Go Up Onto The Pebblebed Heaths To See These Amazing Plants. Sundews are curious little plants that have adapted to survive in heathland bogs where few other plant speciesRead More
Leave a comment Introduction The annual Big Butterfly Count is a huge citizen science project run by Butterfly Conservation every year for the last 15 years. In late July and early August, volunteers find a sunny spot and count how many butterflies and day flying moths (IRead More
Leave a comment There are many stands of tall plants with yellow daisy-like flowers around the valley’s fields and hedges at this time of year, some are Fleabane but the taller ones are Ragwort. Ragwort has a mixed reputation, it is poisonous but it plays an importantRead More
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Check out the 2024 Sidmouth Science Festival Programme Here .. Check Out the Biodiversity Events Or Download The pdf. Link at bottom of page
Leave a comment The annual Big Butterfly Count is a huge citizen science project run by Butterfly Conservation every year since 2010. In late July and early August, volunteers find a sunny spot and count how many butterflies and day flying moths (I will just say butterfliesRead More
Leave a comment Watch The River Day Video From The 2024 Biodiversity Festival & Discover More About River Life, Our River Consultation & How Pets Affect The River. Below is the text from the video .. but why not watch it to learn even more. We’re hereRead More
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