Author: JW

A month ago, the Wild Trout Trust put in a planning application to create a ‘treekicker’: Proposal for “TreeKicker” Installation in the River Sid – The Sid Today, the District Council’s planning department has now said “the proposed works may go ahead”: East Devon District […]

Last month, there was a lot of positive happening along the River Exe: Salmon Run 2023 – The Sid The Tidelines site tells how it went – including a podcast: Listen here to the 27 minute Salmon Run podcast which celebrates this remarkable species, its migratory […]

The Great Cormorant is unmistakable in profile: Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo (7). Photo in U.K..JPG – Wikimedia Commons Professional photographer Paul Clayden has taken several fabulous photos of cormorants along the River Sid: A Cormorant fishing and flying on the… – Paul Clayden Photography | […]

The town council’s environment committee met up on Monday 9th October – and looked at several issues around the River. Here’s an excerpt from the minutes under “The Environment” – and please note that these are the draft minutes, to be ratified later: Jan Metcalf […]

There is a whole afternoon devoted to things on the Sid – as part of the Sci Fest this weekend: Biodiversity Day and the Sid @ Science Festival: 14th October – The Sid There are morning talks on other biodiversity issues in the Sid Valley: […]

The Sidmouth Science Festival starts up this weekend: Sidmouth Science Festival | Sidmouth Science Festival And there are events of interest to what’s happening on the River Sid: Wednesday 11th October  19.30: Severe thunderstorm warnings: with reference to the May 9th Otter Valley Flood with […]

The social media pages of the SVBG have been full of photos of various beasties found in the River over September – as well as the good folk having a good look at what is to be seen. This entry is from 11th September: We […]

The Sid valley Biodiversity Group have been very busy of late. On the 5th September, two qualified people from the West Country Rivers Trust surveyed the fish population with electrofishing. Commissioned by the Sid Valley Biodiversity Group their task was to assess six sites to […]

The idea of felling trees to help nature along rivers feels counter-intuitive, but the specific technique of installing ‘tree-kickers’ has been tried and tested. Here’s a video from the Wild Trout Trust explaining why and how it’s done: Secure installation of felled tree-crowns or whole […]

Taking gravel from the Sid to replenish the beach has been an ongoing process for some time now: Dredged river gravel to protect Pennington Point | Sidmouth Herald The Beach Management Plan envisages further recharging of the beach: 8 March 2023 – Massive step forward […]