A week of looking at our rivers has just finished: The Big River Watch – The Sid And in a week’s time, there’s a big day looking at the River Exe: Along the River Exe: looking to World Rivers Day: 21st September – The Sid […]

A message received from Transition Exeter: Here’s a Save the Date for an exciting event, an Assembly of River Beings, exploring how we might speak on behalf and give voice to all the beings who live on and around our River Exe, including how we […]

The Rivers Trust is keen to engage local citizen scientists: Twice a year we run Big River Watch weeks. where we invite you to take part in a simple citizen science activity that helps build a picture of river health across the UK and Ireland. […]

We have an issue of unwanted plants along the river: Invasive species on the Sid – The Sid Now is the height of the Himalayan Balsam – and it’s been a concern for some time now: SIDMOUTH community for the people | Very concerned to […]

The latest meeting of the SVA’s History Group looked at an interesting ‘diversion’: The history of the culverts under the Woolbrook Road Brian Golding noted that there are copious references and pictures of bridges over the Bickwell stream, where it crossed Cotmaton Road and the […]

The river Sid has “always had a reasonable head of brown trout” and even sea trout have been spotted spawning in the river – as recorded in the Sidmouth pages of the Devon Rivers Forum over the last decade and more: River Sid | Devon Rivers Forum […]

There will be much more rain and heat coming at us in the coming years – all of which will impact the state of our rivers: UK getting more hot and more wet days – Met Office – BBC News Here in Devon, the rivers […]

At the end of last month,  the River Sid Catchment Plan project reached out to the wider public to get their perspectives on the Sid – past, present and future: The Sidmouth Biodiversity Festival – and the River Sid Catchment Plan Public Consultation – Thursday […]

There’s a full programme of events for this year’s biodiversity festival: Family fun at Sidmouth Biodiversity Festival – Sid Valley Biodiversity Group It kicks off tomorrow with a public consultation on the River Sid Catchment Plan: River Sid Catchment Plan Public Consultation Thursday Friday and […]

There is some very impressive citizen science happening on the River Sid: Measuring and monitoring along the Sid – The Sid Riverfly monitoring along the Sid – The Sid With the latest initiative coming from the newly-founded River Sid Catchment Group: River Sid Catchment Group: […]