The government has just announced “funding for using nature to increase flood resilience”: Forty projects which will use natural processes such as planting trees and creating wetlands to reduce the risk of flooding are set to benefit from a £25 million government programme… Part of the […]
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River Sid Catchment: slowing the run-off and slowing the flow
The Sidmouth Arboretum were busy again over the weekend: Planting another wildlife/slow the flow hedge, near the source of the Snod this time alongside the bridleway from Hatway Hill down to Lower Sweetcombe Farm. Apart from creating a future wildlife corridor, this hedgerow will play […]
Fishing along the Sid
FISHING ALONG THE SID RIVER: When we think of fishing in Sidmouth, we think of boats going out into Lyme Bay and beyond – as captured in a recent piece in the Sid Vale Association’s newsletter from spring 2022 by Margaret Taylor (Ankins): Sidmouth Fishermen […]
River Conversation on the Exe at Tiverton
A great project started up last spring along Devon’s longest river: Action on the River Exe – The Sid Celebrating East Devon’s rivers – Festival of the Exe – The Sid And a lot of action has been taken – and a lot of celebrating […]
Riverfly monitoring along the Sid
Last autumn, the SId Valley Biodiversity Group continued with its programme of monitoring the quality of the River’s waters: Water monitoring along the Sid: September pictures – The Sid At the centre of this latest work was its cooperation with the Freshwater Biological Association and […]
Managing flooding along the River Sid
There are now regular flood warnings for the Sid Valley – with the latest from last week: ‘Flooding is possible’ on Rivers Otter and Sid today | Sidmouth Herald And the EA is saying we need to be ‘vigilant’: Vigilance urged as flooding expected to […]
Planting trees to protect water along the Sid
Is installing reed beds a viable option to clean our water? – whether in private gardens, large-scale sewage treatment or to diminish the effects of farm run-off? It is certainly being appreciated across the farming community that reed beds help to offer a solution to reducing […]
Looking back over a year of assessing pollution in the Sid
The twin approach of pressure on water companies and citizen science IN THE PRESS: There has been a huge amount of media attention directed at the issue of pollution in our rivers and seas over the last year: In the press: national news – The Sid […]
Updating the River Sid website
UPDATING THE RIVER SID WEBSITE The VGS website dedicated to the Sid Valley’s green corridor seeks to provide information, resources, links and photography on the River Sid: Helping the Sid River – The Sid This includes: video footage from over the years: Filming along the […]
At the mouth of the Sid
When it comes to the River Sid entering the sea, there are several things to observe. There is the coming and going of the shingle bar at the mouth of the river: Outlet of the River Sid onto the shingle beach of Sidmouth in Devon […]