Promoting & Enhancing The Natural Beauty of the Sid Valley
While walking a field in the Roncombe Valley looking for its wildlife potential last week I was puzzled to find lumps of clear jelly around the edge of a recently created pond. Each lump was about the size of my fist, almost completely clearRead More
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The Building Resilience in Communities (BRIC) Team in Plymouth have put together a “Slow the Flow” booklet to help people cope with the wetter weather we’re frequently getting. Here in th eSid Valley we know that flooding is a growing concern, especially here whereRead More
Leave a comment The new Sidmouth Civic Food Forest was endorsed by Sidmouth Town Council at their recent Environment Committee meeting. With sites ranging across the whole valley, the Civic Food Forest is claimed to be the first of its sort in the UK and possibly theRead More
Leave a comment There Have Been Sightings Of Humpback Whales Breaching Off The South Coast Recently. There Are Reports From Local Canoeists Of Tuna Leaping Clear Of The Waves Chasing Smaller Fish. In the last two years, pods of Dolphins have been seen from the beach inRead More
Leave a comment The annual New Year Plant Hunt was cut short by the weather this year, but members of the Sid Valley Biodiversity Group still recorded 51 different plant species in flower around the town in the middle of winter. The wealth of winter flowers isRead More
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