The River Sid Catchment Group’s Facebook pages are not only full of infectious enthusiasm about the River, but also give regular updates of goings-on, including this week’s announcement of funding for further engagement projects. And a recent engagement involved asking people what came to mind […]

This last week has seen the usual Two Bridges Road closed after flooding in Sidford, whilst tragically a dog drowned in the fast-flowing River Sid in the Byes park. Thankfully, earlier in the year, £1.4m of funding was awarded to prevent flooding from the Rivers Otter and Sid – with the focus […]

Last year, we were introduced to the specially-trained dogs sniffing out invasive crayfish in Devon reservoirs – called ‘River’ and ‘Sid’. These species [the crayfish and not the wonderfully-named dogs] are considered ‘invasive’ party due to human preference, but really because they were never in this […]

It’s good to be able to share some success stories. Fishing along the Sid was once a regular activity, but much less so today – and yet looking to how the very different landscape of the chalk stream waters of the Test and Itchen Rivers in Hampshire […]

‘Citizen science’ has been an important driver of work along the River Sid these last couple of years in particular – including the solid water monitoring project along the Sid conducted by teams from the Sid Valley Biodiversity Group and its now regular riverfly monitoring programme, as well […]

The River Exe Action Week  is well under way – culminating in a big event this Sunday. Writing in the Exeter Observer, Lee Curtis lets us know about the Salmon Run 2024: Salmon Run returns for its third year with three community running events on […]

This weekend, the River Exe Action Week was launched – with a whole host of events, including their contribution to World Rivers Day on Saturday 21st September: Take Action – Friends of the River Exe Organised by Friends of the River Exe, this is a partnership between Sustainable […]

Sidmouth will probably see substantial new housing developed – but there’s concern about the lack of infrastructure. And that includes infrastructure against increased flooding. There are resilient responses to reverse the effects of urban flooding – both in the Sid Valley and beyond. And there is […]

A week of looking at our rivers has just finished: The Big River Watch – The Sid And in a week’s time, there’s a big day looking at the River Exe: Along the River Exe: looking to World Rivers Day: 21st September – The Sid […]

A message received from Transition Exeter: Here’s a Save the Date for an exciting event, an Assembly of River Beings, exploring how we might speak on behalf and give voice to all the beings who live on and around our River Exe, including how we […]