How much stress is the RIver Sid under at the moment? How much of the Valley’s ‘blue corridor’ should be restored – to help relieve this stress long-term? Here is a piece from today’s Independent: Wetlands ‘must be restored on enormous scale’ to cope with […]

In “The Living Rivers Report 2013 -14 “on the Sid catchment commissioned by the SVA, the Devon Wildlife Trust pointed out that if Japanese Knotweed is not dealt with it becomes a problem that grows exponentially. The fear is that this is creating issues in […]

Many Devon rivers have ‘Salmon Action Plans’ – but not the Sid. This is at a time of dramatic decreases in numbers – as reported by Devon Live: Wild salmon ‘could disappear from Devon rivers’ Global warming and overfishing are among the factors being blamed […]

Trees are a very important feature of the River: River Sid upstream from a footbridge… © Jaggery cc-by-sa/2.0 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland  

There are other rivers along the south Devon coast where good things are happening – including the River Exe, with its now well-established Tidelines project, taking the river from the moors to the coast: Exe Tidelines | Facebook What do we want and need to […]

To really appreciate ‘the shortest river in England’, perhaps we need some new – and really big perspectives. Here’s something really big – and very beautiful on BBC Four this evening: River River takes its audience on a journey through space and time spanning six […]

There have been several bridge projects along the river of late: ALMA BRIDGE: The new Alma Bridge opens – Vision Group for Sidmouth (Oct 2020) New Alma Bridge nearing completion – News (Sept 2020) Futures Forum: New plans for Alma Bridge an ‘acceptable compromise’ (Sept 2017) Futures Forum: […]

The media pages of the Sid River website have just been updated – and most of them seem to cover stories on South West Water: In the press – The Sid Just looking at the last couple of weeks: SWW do indeed have their work […]

FARMERS AND THE RIVER’S WATERS: A couple of weeks ago, these pages looked at how the waters of the river are extracted sustainably: “How we manage water availability in the East Devon catchments” – The Sid All around the country, though, this is under considerable […]

There are several social media pages where great photos of the Sid Valley’s abundant natural landscapes are regularly posted, including: Sidmouth Pictures | Facebook Sidmouth Library Virtual Nature Table | Facebook Sid Valley Biodiversity Group | Facebook Here’s one of the ford taken in black […]