Promoting & Enhancing The Natural Beauty of the Sid Valley
Matt and Gertrude Coman, the new owners of Sand, invited residents of the Roncombe Valley to meet over coffee and cake to seek support for their plans and ideas for the property. The meeting was well attended by farmers and neighbours along the Roncombe. AttendeesRead More
Leave a comment Westcountry Rivers Trust (WRT) undertook fry index surveys (FIS) throughout the Sid catchment during the summer of 2023. This is the first year of WRT surveys in the Sid catchment where six sites were selected to cover the catchment, with the intention to formRead More
Leave a comment Did you survey birds at the weekend. Wed love a copy of your results. Please send them to sidvalleybiodiversity@yahoo.com
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A beach in January might seem a bleak place but there is plenty see when the tide goes out. With this week’s full moon, we have extreme high and low tides and that means it will be a good chance to explore the natureRead More
Leave a comment Sidmouth Biodiversity Festival 2024 – Friday 7 June to Sunday 9 June The full biodiversity festival programme is shown below. For more details click on the links provided. NB A few events need booking and though most events are free there will be anRead More
2 responses One of the first signs that spring is on the way is to see Hazel catkins lengthening and waving in the wind. These lambs’ tails as they are known in some parts, are the male flowers releasing their pollen, but how many of youRead More
Leave a comment On FridayJanuary 19th a group from Sid Valley Biodiversity Group (SVBG) met Richard Foord MP to bring him up to date on some of the things the group is trying to achieve, and to ask what help he can offer to further biodiversity nationallyRead More
Leave a comment It’s time for the largest and the most comfortable amateur science event of the year, the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch. Many conservation organisations are harnessing the power of citizen science to gather information about the state of nature and, with half a million volunteers,Read More
Leave a comment It was a wet and windy New Year but local amateur botanists were out taking part in the New Year Plant Hunt, and there was plenty to see. Each year the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland organises a New Year Plant Hunt, this is theRead More
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