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Helping improve the river

  • Helping the Sid River
    • About the River Sid
    • Resources on the River Sid
    • Photography along the Sid
    • Filming along the Sid
  • Nature Recovery
    • Nature Recovery – the whole river
    • Nature recovery – looking after the waters
      • Water pollution on the Sid
      • Monitoring Water Quality
    • Nature recovery – creatures along the Sid
      • Bats along the River
      • Otters along the River
      • Water voles along the Sid
      • Invertebrates in the River Sid
    • Nature recovery – what other groups are doing
      • Nature recovery – Sidmouth Town Council
      • Nature recovery – Sid Valley Biodiversity Group
      • Nature recovery – Devon Wildlife Trust
  • Stretches along the Sid
    • The River Sid Nature Reserve
    • The Byes Park
      • The Byes Park – Gilchrist Field and Margaret’s Meadow
    • The mouth of the Sid
  • Fish Pass
    • Fish in our rivers
      • Electro-fishing
    • Fish in the River Sid
    • School Weir
  • In the press
    • In the press: national news
    • In the press: South West Water
    • In the press: local news and themes
  • History of the Sid
    • River Sid – ‘The Bad Old Days’
    • On the River Sid – the disappearing house in the Byes
    • “The Rest”: A house in the Byes
  • Art and Culture along the Sid
    • Paintings of the River Sid
    • Creativity along the Sid
  • Tales from the Sid
  • Flooding in the Sid Valley
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How much agricultural run-off is entering the Sid?

by: JWPosted on: April 2, 2026April 2, 2026
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Spring along the River Sid

by: JWPosted on: March 25, 2026March 25, 2026
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urban river restoration

by: JWPosted on: March 18, 2026March 18, 2026
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The impacts of recognising the ‘intrinsic ecological value’ of all rivers and streams in East Devon

by: JWPosted on: March 11, 2026March 11, 2026
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Giving East Devon’s rivers legal rights

by: JWPosted on: March 5, 2026March 5, 2026
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The River Sid: updating the Sidmouth Nature website

by: JWPosted on: February 25, 2026February 25, 2026
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How is the flooding affecting our river wildlife?

by: JWPosted on: February 18, 2026February 18, 2026

Three weeks ago, video captured the River Sid overflowing. In a comment to that, we learnt that “Water meadows used to soak it up. That’s where the name Sid comes from, an old name for water meadow.” The problem of course is that we don’t have the […]

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A history of the flooding of East Devon’s rivers

by: JWPosted on: February 11, 2026February 11, 2026
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Fifteen years of Upstream Thinking

by: JWPosted on: February 4, 2026February 4, 2026
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Otters along the River Sid

by: JWPosted on: January 28, 2026January 31, 2026

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