There are currently several serious efforts underway to encourage species recovery on the River Sid The Sid Valley has several projects happening, including river restoration @ Stoney Orchard at the head of the valley, the Sidbury Manor Estate’s River Sid catchment scheme and natural flood management and […]

There are reasons to be concerned about flooding in the Sid Valley. For much of last month, there were regular flood alerts for Devon as heavy rain continued to batter the region. And only last week, the Seaton Wetlands were flooded following a weekend storm.  It is fortunate […]

There are several really active and very inspiring nature recovery projects happening on Devon’s rivers, and not just on the Sid. Yesterday’s episode of ‘Tales from the Riverbank’ on Channel 5 saw a trip down the Dart for Claire Balding. She goes on a series […]

There are some great river projects happening across the Devon coast. Almost a year on now, the River Plym Project aimed to encourage people to value and enjoy the nature on their doorstep, to create more space for wildlife and ultimately restore the river’s health. And in the […]

How can trees and woods and rivers and streams help each other? We have an East Devon Forest Plan, put together in 2018 by the Forestry Commission – and the last section looks at “Riparian Management” – where “all watercourses and riverine areas will be managed sensitively […]

A very good place to look for ‘rivers in Devon’ is, of course, the Devon Wildlife Trust – and at the top of their search is a piece on river lamprey: The river lamprey is a primitive, jawless fish, with a round, sucker-mouth which it uses […]

Back in the summer, we had the River Sid Catchment Plan public consultation – and got the results. All of this fed into the final stage – which was the publication of the final River Sid Catchment Plan late last year. The River Sid Catchment Plan is also […]

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 […]