Author: JW

The latest newsletter from the Devon Wildlife Trust carries a photo and update on the Upstream Thinking project happening in very special places across the county: This image captures a brilliant success story on a Devon farm, where the landowner is over the moon to see […]

For some time now, it’s being asked whether our river protections are failing – as, when discussing the state of our rivers, we want to know why, despite legal protections being put in place, many of them are in a dire state. Now, rivers are increasingly being […]

The Sid Valley is basically the catchment area for the River Sid – hence the name of the group dedicated to enhancing it, the River Sid Catchment Group. However, the Sid is actually not the only waterway in this valley: there is also the Bickwell stream […]

The latest newsletter from the Sid Valley Biodiversity Group looks forward to events next month – the Great UK Water Blitz and the Big River Watch. GREAT UK WATER BLITZ Earth Watch Europe’s Great UK Water Blitz is taking place at the end of April. […]

There are currently several serious efforts underway to encourage species recovery on the River Sid The Sid Valley has several projects happening, including river restoration @ Stoney Orchard at the head of the valley, the Sidbury Manor Estate’s River Sid catchment scheme and natural flood management and […]

There are reasons to be concerned about flooding in the Sid Valley. For much of last month, there were regular flood alerts for Devon as heavy rain continued to batter the region. And only last week, the Seaton Wetlands were flooded following a weekend storm.  It is fortunate […]

There are several really active and very inspiring nature recovery projects happening on Devon’s rivers, and not just on the Sid. Yesterday’s episode of ‘Tales from the Riverbank’ on Channel 5 saw a trip down the Dart for Claire Balding. She goes on a series […]

There are some great river projects happening across the Devon coast. Almost a year on now, the River Plym Project aimed to encourage people to value and enjoy the nature on their doorstep, to create more space for wildlife and ultimately restore the river’s health. And in the […]

How can trees and woods and rivers and streams help each other? We have an East Devon Forest Plan, put together in 2018 by the Forestry Commission – and the last section looks at “Riparian Management” – where “all watercourses and riverine areas will be managed sensitively […]

A very good place to look for ‘rivers in Devon’ is, of course, the Devon Wildlife Trust – and at the top of their search is a piece on river lamprey: The river lamprey is a primitive, jawless fish, with a round, sucker-mouth which it uses […]