Promoting & Enhancing The Natural Beauty of the Sid Valley
The Butterflies and Moths on display in Sidmouth Museum are part of a collection made in the 1940s by a Sidmouth resident. Most were collected locally. Other specimens have been provided by Sidmouth Library and members of the Sid Valley Biodiversity Group (SVBG). InformationRead More
Leave a comment Social wasps belong to the Hymenoptera, one of the major orders of insects which has the largest number of species than any of the other orders in Britain. The approximately 7,000 species of British Hymenoptera include, as well as the social wasps, the solitaryRead More
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What could be more reminiscent of a happy childhood than paddling about in rockpools with a net to catch the shrimps and fish that are living there. We are so lucky to have the Chit Rocks exposed every time the tide goes out, butRead More
Leave a comment The view of the town from Peak Hill was one of the reasons I decided Sidmouth would be a wonderful place to live, but I am very unhappy with the way it looks right now, are you? Recently EDDC (it is their responsibility not the Town Council) hasRead More
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Sid Valley Biodiversity Group Photographic Competition 2025 Capture the beauty of nature in all its scales—from the intricate fractals of a microscopic world to the vast skies above the Sid Valley. Every photo tells a story, whether it’s the delicate patterns of a leaf,Read More
Leave a comment Volunteers from the SVA and Sid Valley Biodiversity Group had the real pleasure of helping the 1st Sid Vale Cubs explore the nature on Peasland Knapp Nature Reserve and to build a ‘Bug Hotel’ last Monday. The highlight on the sunlit evening was thatRead More
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