Last summer the DWT produced a beautiful film highlighting the “fragile, threatened beauty” of Devon’s rivers: Devon’s rivers – beautiful, fragile and in need of protection – YouTube It’s webpages offer links to info on species and projects; “Devon’s rivers act as arteries of life […]

UP-STREAM:  Back in May, the Wildlife Trusts were asking questions:  Are our river protections failing? – The Sid When it comes to the quality of the water along the River Sid, however, it seems that the number of ‘discharges’ are not causing too much concern: […]

A great place to go to see what’s happening down on the Sid are the local social media pages.  Looking at some of the postings for August: Any ideas why the river Sid has been brown with silt since Thursday? Fortescue Bridge contractor not doing things […]

There is real concern that invasive species are doing harm to the biodiversity of the River: Invasive species on the Sid – The Sid The Sid Balsam Bashers have been around for some time – with this plea from 2014: Volunteers needed to help ‘bash […]

A book just out looks at poet Ted Hughes’ love of fishing: Ted Hughes, fishing and one man’s obsession – Prospect Magazine The Catch: Fishing for Ted Hughes – Online Event, April 2022 – YouTube Hughes did a lot of his fishing for salmon on […]

Oxford University’s Prof Dieter Helm is concerned about the state of the water industry in England: “What now we have seen is a whole regulatory failure to manage the businesses.”  The latest drought exposes the abject failure of water privatisation – Daily News He proposes […]

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