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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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    • Our Constitution
    • Our Plan
    • Declaration of Interests
    • Safeguarding Policy
    • Sid Valley Biodiversity Group submission to the draft East Devon Local Plan
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    • Advisory Visit to the River Sid
      • Upstream Extension Of Sid Advisory Visit
    • Sid Vale Living Rivers Project 2013-14
    • Mapping the River Sid
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      • AONB Location Maps
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      • RSPB Reserves Around Sid Valley & Exe Estuary
      • Mapping Resources
    • Sidmouth Community Food Forest
    • Nature Networks – The Knapp, Sidmouth
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      • Lower Knapp Pond History
      • Wasps: a tale without a sting.
      • Lesser Celandine: Botanical name Ficaria verna
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      • The Whirligig Beetle
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    • Career Snapshot: Pascal Bisson
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Upstream Extension Of Sid Advisory Visit

On February 13, 2023 By Stefan Drew
  • River Sid

This report is the output of a site visit undertaken 29 November, 2022 by Bruno Vincent of the Wild Trout Trust, along the River Sid in Devon, at the request of the Sid Valley Biodiversity Group. It forms an extension to a previous AdvisoryRead More

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Mapping the River Sid

On February 8, 2023 By Stefan Drew
  • River Sid

The Sid Isn’t A Complex River, It’s Relatively Short & Has Few Tributaries. But Rivers Are Fractal In Nature & Every Tributary Also Has Tributaries Which Leads To A Beautiful Complex of Biodiversity. Mapping the River Sid is something that has intrigued me sinceRead More

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Cleaning up Devon & Dorset’s Rivers and Beaches

On January 18, 2023 By Stefan Drew
  • Rivers

SVBG has been asked to contribute to Bright Blue Dorset- Cleaning Up Our Rivers Together. So, together with a number of other people talking about their local river, Jan Metcalf will be talking about the river Sid. This is an Open Zoom Event on Monday,Read More

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Sid Vale Living Rivers Project 2013-14

On October 1, 2022 By Stefan Drew
  • River Sid

In 2013-14 Devon Wildlife Trust carried out a survey of the river Sid and its tributaries. This report had two purposes. i)  To provide a detailed account of actions made possible by a grant from the Keith Owen Fund(SVA) between April 2013 and MarchRead More

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Grey Wagtail On The River Sid

On November 29, 2021 By Stefan Drew
  • Birds
  • Rivers

Grey Wagtail On The River Sid. 

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Testing The Water In Local Rivers & Tributaries

On October 4, 2021 By Stefan Drew
  • Rivers

Why Should We Test The Water In Rivers & Tributaries?  In this Article We Explain How To Test The Water In Rivers & Tributaries Of The River Sid.   The Sid & Its Tributaries: Provide habitat for many different  animal species living in, on and aroundRead More

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River Sid: The Shortest River in England?

On August 27, 2021 By Stefan Drew
  • Rivers

The River Sid Is Arguably The Shortest River In England; Rising In Crowpits Covert (OS grid reference SY 138963), Devon and Completing Its Journey To the Sea at Sidmouth, It Is A Complete and Compact River, Just Six Miles Long.  Whilst the River Sid hasRead More

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Westcountry Rivers Trust Event, July 2021

On July 19, 2021 By Stefan Drew
  • Rivers
  • Video

This Westcountry Rivers Trust Event Took Place in July 2021

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Dipper in the Sid valley

On July 11, 2021 By Stefan Drew
  • Birds
  • Rivers
  • Video

A dipper preens and cleans. The video was filmed in the Sid valley, on a tributary of the river Sid.

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Woodland Waterfall

On June 27, 2021 By Stefan Drew
  • Rivers
  • Video
  • Woodland

Woodland waterfall in the Sid Valley. Sunlight dapples the ferns in this deep woodland valley where the sound of trickling water casts its magical charms.

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