Skip to content
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
    • Advisory Visit to the River Sid
      • Upstream Extension Of Sid Advisory Visit
    • Sid Vale Living Rivers Project 2013-14
    • Mapping the River Sid
  • 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
  • Get Involved
    • Citizen Science Projects
      • Events
        • Events Calendar
      • Contributors
  • Conservation Careers
    • Wildlife Volunteering Opportunities in the Sid Valley 
    • Career Snapshot: Pascal Bisson
  • Donate
  • News
  • Contacts

Category: Verges

  • Home
  • Verges

Grass Verge Wildlife Recovery

On May 28, 2022 By Stefan Drew
  • Biodiversity
  • Verges

For Years The Grass Verges At Bowd Had Been Regularly Mown, Indeed Some Would Say Regularly Razed To The Ground. Today They Are Full Of Life With A Rich Biodiverse Mix Of Plant, Pollinator And Other Species.  How was this achieved? Largely by leavingRead More

Leave a comment

Grass: Carbon Sequestering, Flood Preventing & Nature Boosting

On November 27, 2021 By Stefan Drew
  • Verges
  • Video

Grass Is The Ultimate Carbon Storing, Nature Boosting, Flood Preventing Plant.  And Biodiverse Grasslands Are Rich Ecological Niches To Be Treasured.  In this grasses ID video we are shown their basic structures and how to identify grasses.   This video is part of aRead More

Leave a comment

How Road Verges Can Increase Biodiversity & Reduce Costs

On November 17, 2021 By Stefan Drew
  • Biodiversity
  • Life on the verge
  • Meadows
  • Verges
  • Video

Dorset County Council Lead The Way In Increasing Verge Biodiversity & Have Saved Around £500,000! Many people believe this to be a model for Devon and the Sidmouth area.  The system improves road safety, reduces the carbon footprint, saves money and increases biodiversity. WatchRead More

Leave a comment

Get Our Regular News, Events, & Volunteering Opportunities Here

* indicates required

Recent Posts

  • Food Forest Update & Work Party Date
  • Sidmouth Biodiversity Festival 5-11 June
  • A New Spring at Plyford Farm,  
  • Career Snapshot: Pascal Bisson
  • Mapping Resources

Recent Comments

  1. Stefan Drew on Sidmouth Public Green Spaces
  2. Paul Foster on Sidmouth Public Green Spaces
  3. Barbara and James Sweetman on The Sid Valley Biodiversity Group (SVBG)
  4. Stefan Drew on Hedgehog Survey Map
  5. Janet Anderson on Hedgehog Survey Map
  • About
  • Animals
  • Bats
  • Bees
  • Biodiversity
  • Biodiversity Festival
  • Birds
  • Butterflies
  • Careers
  • Churchyard
  • Climate Change
  • Contributors
  • COP 26
  • Deer
  • Dragonfly
  • Events
  • Farms
  • Food forest
  • Fox
  • Fungi
  • Guest Contributor
  • Hedgehogs
  • Herald Article
  • Herbaceous survey
  • Insects
  • Life on the verge
  • Lost Species
  • Lower Knapp Pond
  • Maps
  • Meadows
  • Moths
  • News
  • Photographs
  • photography
  • Plant ID
  • River Sid
  • Rivers
  • Science Festival
  • Seaweed
  • Soil
  • Survey
  • Trees
  • Uncategorized
  • Verges
  • Video
  • Wildflowers
  • Woodland

Archives

  • March 2023
  • February 2023
  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • January 2020

Categories

  • About
  • Animals
  • Bats
  • Bees
  • Biodiversity
  • Biodiversity Festival
  • Birds
  • Butterflies
  • Careers
  • Churchyard
  • Climate Change
  • Contributors
  • COP 26
  • Deer
  • Dragonfly
  • Events
  • Farms
  • Food forest
  • Fox
  • Fungi
  • Guest Contributor
  • Hedgehogs
  • Herald Article
  • Herbaceous survey
  • Insects
  • Life on the verge
  • Lost Species
  • Lower Knapp Pond
  • Maps
  • Meadows
  • Moths
  • News
  • Photographs
  • photography
  • Plant ID
  • River Sid
  • Rivers
  • Science Festival
  • Seaweed
  • Soil
  • Survey
  • Trees
  • Uncategorized
  • Verges
  • Video
  • Wildflowers
  • Woodland
Copyright © All right reserved
Guten Learn Created By Rise Themes