Surveying the Sid Valley’s wild flowers
“We cannot really make a start on protecting and promoting biodiversity in the valley until we know what we already have.” . “The Sid Valley… Read More »Surveying the Sid Valley’s wild flowers
“We cannot really make a start on protecting and promoting biodiversity in the valley until we know what we already have.” . “The Sid Valley… Read More »Surveying the Sid Valley’s wild flowers
Reimagining an unloved space and turning it into a sea-themed garden . Last summer, an idea for an ‘unloved space’ bore fruit: Creating a Coral… Read More »Creating a Coral Reef Community Garden at the Ham underway
“We’re Solarpunks because the only other options are denial or despair.” “The heartbeat of Solarpunk is looking to the future with optimism.” “The choice to… Read More »Solarpunk is alive and well in the Sid Valley!
Available: A Toolkit for Local Authorities . The Devon Wildlife Trust is concerned about the use of pesticides: Pesticides: respond to the UK’s action plan… Read More »Phasing out glyphosate pesticides used by councils
“David Attenborough does bigger things and our efforts may be just a drop in the ocean, but the ocean is only a lot of raindrops… Read More »Creating a home for all sorts of wildlife in the Byes
“With the new year comes the opportunity for change. And if we act in 2021, we can make a world of difference. Together, we can… Read More »A new year message from David Attenborough
… to the landscape and its wildlife . This time of year, our Devon banks and hedgerows are starkly beautiful in the landscape: Looking after… Read More »The importance of hedgerows
The 2020 AGM looked at ongoing projects the Group is involved in: VGS: “New Chair and New Ventures for 2021” – Vision Group for Sidmouth… Read More »AGM, Projects 2020
The Sid Valley Biodiversity Group is linking with the Devon ‘Life on the Verge’ project. . The County Council have become quite keen on wild… Read More »Life on the Verge: wildflowers at the Bowd
“Aiming to care for and enhance the habitats within our environment to benefit this wildlife, ensuring the Sid Valley is a rich and exciting place… Read More »“An incredible abundance of wildlife in the Sid Valley”
“Watch out for flying fruits!” . It’s autumn – season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, as noted by Ed Dolphin writing in the Herald recently… Read More »The fruits of trees in autumn
“Autumn is a good time to create a new wildlife pond in your garden.” . There have been some great ‘pond projects’ of late: Building… Read More »The pleasures of a pond
“The best thing to look for if you want to spot tuna is a feeding frenzy.” . In the last couple of weeks, there have… Read More »The return of bluefin tuna to Lyme Bay
“Two rare Devon trees have been found growing in Sidmouth, and they are going to be joined by more of their kind.” . The new… Read More »The Devon Whitebeam and the Sid Valley
“A commitment to reinvigorating our hedgerow stock” . This week saw an excellent talk delivered by Ed Dolphin on the Sid Valley hedge survey: Online:… Read More »Sid Valley Hedgerows: plans to halt their decline