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Sid Valley Biodiversity Group

Sid Valley Biodiversity Group

Promoting & Enhancing The Natural Beauty of the Sid Valley

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Author: Ed Dolphin

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A Pond In Every Garden Would Be Good For Wildlife

On February 1, 2023 By Ed Dolphin
  • Biodiversity

Many people are keen to make a space for nature in their garden.  One of the best things you can do is make sure you have some open still water somewhere.  Not only frogs, toads and newts, but dragonflies and damsel flies and manyRead More

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A Bumper Year

On November 12, 2022 By Ed Dolphin
  • Herald Article

Have you noticed the Holly trees in the churchyard and Blackmore Garden?  They are overloaded with bright red berries.  It is a super year for some tree fruits, traditionally called a mast year from the old term for tree fruits that fattened pigs let into the forest.  Read More

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Horse Chestnut Leaf Miner

On September 9, 2022 By Ed Dolphin
  • Herald Article

Horse Chestnut Leaf Miner Our conker trees are being devoured from the inside, their leaves are being mined, but they don’t mind. This year’s hot dry summer has caused some of our trees to turn brown as if there is an early autumn, butRead More

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Phycomania & Phycologist Amelia Griffiths

On May 17, 2022 By Ed Dolphin
  • Animals

In this video Ed Dolphin discusses Phycomania and the Queen of Seaweed, phycologist Amelia Griffiths.

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William Henry Cullen, author of Flora Sidostiensis

On March 23, 2022 By Ed Dolphin
  • Wildflowers

You May Recall The Name W H Cullen. He compiled the Flora Sidostiensis That The SVBG Used as a Baseline in our 2021 Flowering Herbaceous Survey. Here is Information On Cullen’s Background Written by John Tench  William Henry Cullen was born in on 23 JanuaryRead More

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A Wealth of Wild Flowers

On January 3, 2022 By Ed Dolphin
  • Survey

A year-long survey of the valley’s wild flowers has found over 400 different species, many of them recorded 170 years ago by a local doctor and amateur botanist.  As part of the Biodiversity Group’s project to catalogue the area’s wildlife, a group of volunteersRead More

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Sid Valley Wildflower Survey November 2021

On December 4, 2021 By Ed Dolphin
  • Survey
  • Wildflowers

This is the eleventh and penultimate update to the year-long survey of the valley’s herbaceous plants being carried out by volunteers with the Sid Valley Biodiversity Group.  The group is compiling a modern list to compare with the list of species drawn up byRead More

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Sidmouth’s Flowers and Climate

On November 23, 2021 By Ed Dolphin
  • Meadows

Our herbaceous wildflower survey is finding many species flowering outside of their usual season.  Click on the Buttercup to find out more.

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Sid Valley Herbaceous Flower Survey 2021, August Update

On September 10, 2021 By Ed Dolphin
  • Survey
  • Wildflowers

This is the August 2021 update to the year-long survey of the valley’s herbaceous plants being carried out by volunteers with the Sid Valley Biodiversity Group.  Reports from previous months can be found on the Group’s website https://sidvalleybiodiversity.org/ and all of the group’s recordsRead More

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The Floral World of a Victorian Doctor

On September 8, 2021 By Ed Dolphin
  • Herald Article

Sid Valley Biodiversity Group’s wildflower hunt continues to find new treasures as they follow in the Victorian footsteps of a local doctor.  Doctor WH Cullen had a keen interest in many branches of science including keeping weather records and cataloguing local wildlife.  His 1849 bookRead More

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