Grassland: Carbon Storage Equalling Forests & Woodland
This is important for global warming and carbon storage. Watch the video.
Leave a comment Big Butterfly Count 2023
The Big Butterfly Count is a citizen science project organised by Butterfly Conservation for the last week of July and the first week of August each year. Over the last two weeks nature lovers all over the country have been taking part. On aRead More
Leave a commentFarm Visit, Stantyway Farm, Otterton. Sept 7th 2023
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 our suckler cows and their calves. It is theRead More
Leave a commentControl Of Himalayan Balsam On The River Sid
Sidbashers Volunteer Group Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera) was brought to Britain by Victorian plant hunters (or possibly earlier) and propagated as a garden plant as part of the desire to create Asian/Oriental style gardens. Subsequently seeds escaped into other areas particularly near water coursesRead More
Leave a commentPlacating the Sid
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 commentWest Country Rivers League Table 2022.
West Country Rivers League Table. How Does Your River Compare? The overall score for the catchment is based on a year’s data, collected at all sites in the Sid waterbody. It is calculated from the observations and water quality results attained during a WestcountryRead More
1 responseFloral Diversity In The Sid Valley
The Results Of Years Of Hard Work By SVBG Members Has Been Compressed Into A Concise & Powerful Display For An AONB Exhibition At Kennaway House Below is a copy of the text on the display board … but to see photos of theRead More
Leave a commentCounting Butterflies
Butterflies are among the most loved members of our wildlife, brightening summer days as they flutter and float around like delicate jewels. There is a butterfly for every colour of the spectrum plus white and brown so dark it might be called black. EveryRead More
Leave a commentPlant ID Walk
Our next plant ID walk will be a gentle walk starting at Weston Car Park, Grammar Lane, Weston. The plan is to start at Weston car park, which is along eastern side of Weston Comb. Then we’ll follow the gentle path above the publicRead More
Leave a commentFirebeacon Grazing Project – plant survey volunteers needed
In 2018/19 the RSPB led a consultation on the future management of Firebeacon Hill near Sidmouth. The site has three compartments: The management plan that emerged from this process aims to create linked areas of lowland heath and wood pasture. This will increase biodiversityRead More
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