Promoting & Enhancing The Natural Beauty of the Sid Valley
Valley residents are well aware of the effects of heavy rain when water and soil runoff of the land and rivers rise in the blink of an eye. On 20th July Simon Browning, our catchment advisor, gave a zoom presentation explaining how he hadRead More
Leave a comment Who are you? We are the Westcountry Rivers Trust Citizen Science Investigations monitoring team in the Sid Valley. We are part of the Sid Valley Biodiversity Group which is run by volunteers and relies on donations and grants for funding. We work with individuals,Read More
Leave a comment 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
Leave a comment 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
Leave a comment 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
Leave a comment 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
Leave a comment 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
Leave a comment 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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