The Sid Valley, like any valley, will have many so-called ‘ghost streams’ running through it.  Also known as ghost waters or ephemeral streams,  these are“features that only flow in direct response to precipitation events”.  IN TOWN In urban or potentially urban areas, such ghost waters can kill […]

The River Sid Catchment Group, started up only last year, and has already been busy both on the river and off – whether with the outreach projects involving young people engaging on what matters to them about the River Sid or the River Sid Catchment Plan public […]

Arguably “the shortest river in England”, the River Sid is not navigable for most of its short length – largely due to the number of weirs, which means that migrating fish are themselves unable to ‘navigate’ up the river. However, it would be possible to take a kayak […]

There are a couple of great projects happening along the River Sid where younger people are getting involved in the life of such a rich part of our natural and human heritage. RIVER SID OUTREACH PROJECT There is the River Sid Outreach Project – and […]

Two years ago, this blog put a tentative toe in the sensitive waters of river (and land) ownership – by asking who owns the River Sid – and its waters? It is a very sensitive subject across England, as The Book of Trespass: Crossing the […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]