Promoting & Enhancing The Natural Beauty of the Sid Valley
It looks as if this year is a good year for seeing another beautiful butterfly that migrates to Britain from the Mediterranean area. Back in May I wrote about Painted Ladies, now there are plenty of Clouded Yellows around too. Migrants fromRead More
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The push towards a more plant-based food system has gained significant momentum in the UK. Research from organisations like the Food Foundation shows that livestock accounts for 65% of agricultural emissions while using 85% of our farmland, yet provides only 32% of our calories.Read More
Leave a comment Welcome to the Sid Valley Community Nature Reserve! What is the Community Nature Reserve? The Sid Valley Community Nature Reserve is a valley-wide initiative bringing together residents, local groups, and organisations to turn our individual green spaces into a connected haven for local wildlife.Read More
Leave a comment If you go up to Mutter’s Moor or on to Aylesbeare Common as it gets dark at this time of year, you might hear an eerie churring and clicking sound. The RSPB describes it as like a strange clockwork toy unwinding. If you lookRead More
Leave a comment Many people around the town are looking out for butterflies, they are taking part in the Big Butterfly Count, a citizen science project organised by Butterfly Conservation. Each year volunteers spend 15 minutes at a time recording how many butterflies they see in theirRead More
Leave a comment The River Sid is a thread of life through the valley supporting so many different animals and plants. If you walk quietly you might be lucky enough to see one of its most delightful residents, a small dark brown bird with a white front known as the Dipper. They are waryRead More
Leave a comment Garden Wildlife – Hedgehog. One of a series of wildlife videos by SVBG that feature wildlife in Sid Valley gardens. The garden in the video below has recorded hedgehogs for a number of years. Some years they are few in number and some yearsRead More
Leave a comment This is the first in a series of videos featuring garden wildlife found in the Sid Valley, Devon which will be featured on this website. This video was filmed on a trail cam in a garden on the outskirts of the town and theRead More
Leave a comment July is the month where, if you walk through a meadow, you hope to see insects pinging left and right to get out of your way. In the daytime these are most likely to be grasshoppers, but we have plenty of crickets and bush-cricketsRead More
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