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Sid Valley Biodiversity Group

Sid Valley Biodiversity Group

Promoting & Enhancing The Natural Beauty of the Sid Valley

  • About
    • Our Constitution
    • Our Plan
    • Declaration of Interests
    • Safeguarding Policy
    • Sid Valley Biodiversity Group submission to the draft East Devon Local Plan
  • River Sid
    • Mapping the River Sid
    • Sid Valley Water Quality Monitoring Points
    • West Country Rivers League Table 2022.
    • Sid Valley Water Quality Monitoring Points
    • Placating the Sid
    • Advisory Visit to the River Sid
      • Upstream Extension Of Sid Advisory Visit
    • Sid Vale Living Rivers Project 2013-14
  • Surveys
  • Nature Networks
    • Sid Valley Environmental & Biodiversity Sites
      • AONB Location Maps
      • Sidmouth Public Green Spaces
      • RSPB Reserves Around Sid Valley & Exe Estuary
      • Mapping Resources
    • Sidmouth Community Food Forest
    • Nature Networks – The Knapp, Sidmouth
    • Knapp
    • Lower Knapp Pond
      • Lower Knapp Pond History
      • Wasps: a tale without a sting.
      • Lesser Celandine: Botanical name Ficaria verna
      • Hogweed
      • Meadowsweet
      • Lady’s Smock
      • The Whirligig Beetle
    • Sid Valley Meadows
    • Life on the Verge
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    • Wildlife Volunteering Opportunities in the Sid Valley 
    • Apprentice Ecology and Conservation Officer
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How Architecture Can Support Local Biodiversity? 

On September 11, 2023 By Ed Dolphin
  • Biodiversity

In a world that’s constantly evolving, preserving and nurturing local biodiversity has become more important than ever. Biodiversity, the variety of life forms within an ecosystem, is not just a source of beauty, but also a key pillar for the health and sustainability ofRead More

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Visit to Stantyway Farm

On September 8, 2023 By Stefan Drew
  • Uncategorized

Stantyway Farm is a 300 acre organic mixed farm on the Jurassic Coast of East Devon producing wheat, oats, beans, quinoa, grass, lucerne and clover to sell to specialist organic markets or to feed to their suckler cows and their calves. It is theRead More

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No Mow May Photographic & Art Competition – 2023

On May 10, 2023 By Stefan Drew
  • Biodiversity Festival

Enter The Sid Valley Biodiversity No Mow May Photographic & Art Competition. No Mow May Is A Plantlife Campaign Calling All Garden Owners And Green Space Managers Not To Mow During May – Liberating Your Lawns And Providing A Space For Nature.To celebrate NoRead More

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Net Zero? Think Wildflower Meadows by Katherine Gray

On April 7, 2023 By Stefan Drew
  • Herald Article

   Wildflower meadows have been with us for millennia; in the wake of the last ice age, keystone species across the world such as wild horse, ox, bison, elk, wild boar and the aurochs (early species of cattle), developed a symbiotic relationship with theRead More

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How To Build A Butterfly Garden

On March 31, 2023 By Stefan Drew
  • Biodiversity

We Want A Biodiverse Community Food Forest At Sidford & That Means Including A Butterfly Garden. But How To Build A Butterfly Garden? Here Are Our Answers. One of the assets we found when we first looked at the food forest site were twoRead More

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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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River Sid Beaver Extinction & Potential Re-establishment

On December 12, 2022 By Stefan Drew
  • Biodiversity

Following River Sid Beaver Extinction In The16th Century What Is The Potential for Beaver Re-establishment? Are They Good For Environment & When Might They Appear? This Post Explains How Beavers Will Likely Return And When! The European Beaver, aka Eurasian Beaver, Castor fiber, wasRead More

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Forget Me Knot. Finding Forgotten Species in Climate Change Britain

On November 1, 2022 By Stefan Drew
  • Biodiversity

Sophie Pavel on Britain’s Forgotten Species ..

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Managing a Tenanted Farm For Biodiversity

On October 29, 2022 By Stefan Drew
  • Uncategorized

There is no wild countryside in the UK. It is all manmade, most if it by farmers. An increasing number of farmers are now engaged in regenerative farming or farming for biodiversity. Nicola Westlake explains her families efforts to farm their tenanted farm forRead More

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Charles Dowding: Biodiversity & No Dig

On August 19, 2022 By Stefan Drew
  • Biodiversity

Charles Dowding: Biodiversity & No Dig is a video in which Charles explains his ethos and methods that increases yields and soil biodiversity. Soil is at the heart of growing most of the crops we rely on for food and other vegetable related products.Read More

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