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 […]
River restoration @ Stoney Orchard
Given the scale of the climate and nature emergencies, the ambition of the Devon Environment Foundation is to protect and restore at least 30% of Devon’s land and water by 2030. Devon Environment Foundation – Supporting Local Environmental Projects The DEF supports projects that improve […]
Upstream Thinking on Devon’s rivers
The DWT has been engaging with landowners on restoring the county’s rivers: Devon Wildlife Trust has been working with farmers to reduce agricultural pollution, restore rivers, wetlands and threatened insect rich grasslands in northern Devon for twenty years and delivering Upstream Thinking for the last […]
“A healthy trout population means a healthy river, lake or coastal area.”
There are trout along the Sid: Trout on the Sid – The Sid As confirmed this autumn by the West Country Rivers Trust: The Environment Agency recently described the River Sid as a rare habitat with such a lot of potential; this is due to its […]
Proposal for “TreeKicker” Installation in the River Sid “may go ahead”
A month ago, the Wild Trout Trust put in a planning application to create a ‘treekicker’: Proposal for “TreeKicker” Installation in the River Sid – The Sid Today, the District Council’s planning department has now said “the proposed works may go ahead”: East Devon District […]