These pages have taken us through the seasons along the River Sid – but not yet high summer. And for a summer snap-shot, we have to start on the beach: August 2006: “The river seems to disappear into the shingle.” Mouth of the River Sid, […]
Author: JW
Celebrating East Devon’s rivers – Festival of the Exe
There are a lot of things happening on our neighbouring river: Action on the River Exe – The Sid Learning from Devon’s other rivers: the Tidelines project on the Exe – The Sid Including research into discharges: Friends of the River Exe (FORE) | Facebook […]
Trout or salmon?
There is real interest in ‘the return’ of salmonids to the Sid – as the response to the sharing of a recent post on social media showed: Sidmouth Community | We’d all like to see the Sid become more fish-friendly… | Facebook Sid Valley Biodiversity […]
Sidmouth’s River
Roger Trend, retired university earth scientist lecturer, has written several books and given many a talk on the features of the Sid Valley – including: Sidmouth Rocks Sidmouth’s Coast SVA welcomes earth scientist as guest speaker | Sidmouth Herald Here he is writing about the […]
The past, present and future of trout on the Sid
Trout have been seen on the River over the years: Trout on the Sid – The Sid The Wild Trout Trust is certainly interested in trout on the River, with its recent visits and reports: River Sid, Devon Advisory Visit | Wild Trout Trust Anglers […]
Clever ways to measure pollution levels on our rivers
There have been several reports recently looking at ways to determine how well our rivers are doing: A Cornish school pupil is using satellite imagery to track sewage pollution in rivers. Arthur, 13, who attends Mullion School near Helston in Cornwall, said he had adapted existing […]
Biodiversity Festival highlights from along the River Sid
The first Sidmouth Biodiversity Festival started with a bang last week: Enjoy the outdoors at Sidmouth’s first biodiversity festival | Sidmouth Herald And so it came to an end over the weekend – with a final flourish: Local wildlife celebrated during festival – Sid Valley […]
Helping to educate youngsters on the state of our rivers
Here’s an excellent new tool brought out today by Surfers Against Sewage: We’ve launched a brand-new scene at Digital Ocean School, our immersive 360-online platform that reimagines the future of ocean education, to help educate young people on the state of our rivers and seas […]
A full day in the Byes and on the Ham – 10th June
As part of the Biodiversity Festival, there will be a whole day of activities devoted to the parks along the River Sid – the Byes and the Ham – on Saturday 10th June. Check out the full list below – with some events needing to […]
Talk by Carolyn Cadman, SWW Director of Natural Resources – 9th June
There has been considerable concern locally about Storm Overflow spills: Sewage spill around Sidmouth’s beach: what’s it all about? – The Sid It’s quite a coup, then, for the SVBG to have Carolyn Cadman, South West Water’s Director of Natural Resources, taking part in its […]