Promoting & Enhancing The Natural Beauty of the Sid Valley
Most people know that Swallows, Swifts and House Martins are summer visitors that fly back to Africa to escape our winter. They have to because we do not have enough of their food insects flying in the winter. Flying south to escape our winterRead More
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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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The results of the 2023 RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch have the House Sparrow at number one, the commonest bird in UK gardens for the 20th consecutive year. The results for Sidmouth gardens compiled for the Sid Valley Biodiversity Group by Charles Sinclair placed itRead More
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I was fortunate that my childhood in the 1960’s and 70’s was spent living on a small “mixed” farm (cattle – dairy and beef, sheep, pigs, poultry and arable), surrounded by many other similar small farms. I developed an interest, appreciation and understanding ofRead More
Leave a comment The Maps On This Page Are Of RSPB Reserves In East Devon & The Exe Estuary. The Reserves Are Marked In Red. Home of everything from migrating Nightjars and waders to stay at home Dartford Warblers. The first Map is of RSPB Reserves inRead More
Leave a comment Feeding birds in our gardens can be a rewarding and enjoyable hobby that provides a number of benefits not just for the birds, but for us as well. From providing food and shelter to promoting biodiversity, there are numerous reasons why we should considerRead More
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Leave a comment It’s the size of a flying shed, a Sid valley lost species, and it’s returned. But did you see it? A White-tailed Eagle was photographed in Salcombe Regis on December 29th 2022. It’s not the first eagle visit to the valley. A radio trackedRead More
Leave a comment 2002 saw a team of bird enthusiasts conduct a bird survey of South Combe Farm (the land around the Frogstone). As well as the obvious expected favourites a few more unusual birds were seen. The moist notable in some senses was a single CirlRead More
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I moved to Sidmouth over twenty years ago drawn by its stunning location. There is rich diversity of landscape within walking distance of my home. Hills, mixed woodland, pebblebed heaths, the River Sid, The Byes and of course the coastline, beach and Lyme Bay.Read More
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