Art is a wonderful way to engage people in almost anything – and the Sidmouth School of Art has been doing that successfully with several projects – including back in June when some eye-catching River Sid artwork featured on Sidmouth’s Wallspace and this time last year with […]
Author: JW
Restoring the River Sid to ‘good ecological status’
This time last year, there was a drive at producing a Nature Recovery Strategy for Devon. We now have a Devon Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) which “gives an overview of Devon’s wildlife and sets out priorities and actions to help nature recover. It’s a tool to help […]
The Westcountry Rivers Trust working along the Sid
The Westcountry Rivers Trust has been actively involved in work along the River Sid – increasingly so since it looked at the River Otter & Sid a decade ago. They were commissioned in 2023 by the Sid Valley Biodiversity Group to carry out electrofishing on the Sid which the WRT have […]
Working at School Weir and helping salmon along the Sid
Recently, the Environment Agency have been working at School Weir along the Sid removing a large bank of river stone – and at the same time they have ‘rescued’ the fish in the pool at the bottom of the weir. As reported by Ed Dolphin: Busy […]
Working at School Weir along the Sid
All this week, the Environment Agency have been busy at School Weir. As reported on Sunday on the District Council social media pages, 🚜 From tomorrow (Monday)… From tomorrow (Monday), the Environment Agency will begin removing a large bank of river stone from just below the […]
Cherishing the Snod brook
A very good place to go for information about the topography of the Sid Valley is the excellent Sidmouth Nature website: A guide to the wildlife and wild places in the Sidmouth area of Devon | Sidmouth Nature And, for example, the pages on The River Sid are […]
‘People power’: policing pollution and getting the polluter to pay
Generally speaking, assessing pollution in the Sid is about “the twin approach of pressure on water companies and citizen science” Whilst the River Sid is relatively pollution-free, other rivers in Devon are not so fortunate. For example, early last month, there was an incident on the River Lew, […]
Fish passes – bringing salmon and eels back to rivers
There has been growing, concerted effort in giving migrating fish a helping hand up the Sid – including salmon and eels. In particular, there has been a lot of interest over the last decade or so in creating a fish pass on the River Sid, to […]
The history of Sidmouth and the history of the Sid
The town of Sidmouth basically lies at the spot where the River Sid meets the sea. And indeed, often one of the most interesting parts of a river is where it meets the sea – with photos here of the mouth of the Sid. A full and fascinating […]
The River Sid and the Sidmouth Folk Festival
You would expect there to be regular references to the River Sid at the Sidmouth Folk Festival – water being very evocative and the themes of waterways a subject of music. Here are Martin Carthy and Sam Sweeney “rehearsing before their rapturously received collaboration at […]