Just over border into Dorset, there’s a very active set-up concerned with the quality of their waters. The River Lim Action group is part of the transition town group Turn Lyme Green – and as such has been doing very much the sort of work being carried out by […]
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Exploring the history of mills along the Sid
The History Group of the Sid Vale Association meets up every two months – when there is lively discussion on all manner of topics. The Sid River website regularly collects relevant pieces from the Notes from History Group meetings – and puts them together in specific pages on the History […]
Counting fish on the Sid
What all the recent reports on the state of the River Sid have looked at is the need to have an accurate idea of how many fish there are – which needs all sorts of measuring and monitoring along the Sid, something which has been […]
Giving migrating fish a helping hand up the Sid
Much has been written about the past, present and future of trout on the Sid – and perhaps even more about a possible fish pass on the Sid. But whilst we wait for that to happen, how can we give migrating fish a (literal) helping hand […]
Managing highway run-off pollution in rivers: online talk
Here’s a video report from BBC Breakfast from a couple of months ago, looking at highways environment run-off pollution from roads into rivers: The EA said it recognised that run-off from highways and urban areas was a “serious issue” accounting for 18% of water quality failures […]
The 2024 River Sid Engagement Report
The River Sid Catchment Group’s Facebook pages are not only full of infectious enthusiasm about the River, but also give regular updates of goings-on, including this week’s announcement of funding for further engagement projects. And a recent engagement involved asking people what came to mind […]
Managing flooding and climate change on the River Sid
This last week has seen the usual Two Bridges Road closed after flooding in Sidford, whilst tragically a dog drowned in the fast-flowing River Sid in the Byes park. Thankfully, earlier in the year, £1.4m of funding was awarded to prevent flooding from the Rivers Otter and Sid – with the focus […]
Species recovery on the River Sid
Last year, we were introduced to the specially-trained dogs sniffing out invasive crayfish in Devon reservoirs – called ‘River’ and ‘Sid’. These species [the crayfish and not the wonderfully-named dogs] are considered ‘invasive’ party due to human preference, but really because they were never in this […]
Protecting the River Sid at the Sidmouth Science Festival
It’s good to be able to share some success stories. Fishing along the Sid was once a regular activity, but much less so today – and yet looking to how the very different landscape of the chalk stream waters of the Test and Itchen Rivers in Hampshire […]
Citizen science on the River Sid – and at the Sidmouth Science Festival
‘Citizen science’ has been an important driver of work along the River Sid these last couple of years in particular – including the solid water monitoring project along the Sid conducted by teams from the Sid Valley Biodiversity Group and its now regular riverfly monitoring programme, as well […]