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Together with the East of Otley Action Group, we have issued a response to this weeks hybrid planning application for a huge development...

As part of its plan to work with local schools on wildlife and nature schemes, the group donated a wildlife kit including a bird table...

Together with Otley2030 we are hosting a webinar Wednesday 31 March, from 7.00pm to help everyone attract more wildlife to their gardens....

The East of Otley Action group have been out and hand painted signs have started to pop up all over the East of Otley, to celebrate and...

To celebrate National Nest Box Week (February 14 - 21), we decided to revisit our Pledge champions and reward all their efforts for...

Together with Otley2030, Otley Community Land Trust, Wharfedale Naturalists, Cambridge estate residents and others are working to raise...

The East of Otley plan for a new road and 550 houses will devastate local wildlife, unless more wildlife friendly measures are built into...

Looking after wildlife brings its own rewards and there is a wide range of gifts including bird feeders, nest boxes, bird baths and...

Wildlife Friendly Otley and Otley in Bloom have joined forces to convert the BT Exchange garden on Charles Street in Otley into a...

A group of children at Westgate primary school in Otley recently started an exciting project aimed at bringing nature back into the urban...

In Leeds, the council’s cross-party Climate Emergency Advisory Committee includes an ‘Open Forum,' to allow members of the public to...

On the 28th August, representatives from 30 local groups, including our own Chairman gathered in the town square to hand a petition to MP...

Check out this handcrafted woodpecker, who in the artist, Amy Panda's words "...has been made in support of the wonderful Wildlife...

We absolutely love this print by local artist, Kate Broughton. We were delighted to play a small part in the creation of the artwork,...

On the 24th August a citizen science team called iWharfe and the Environment Agency will test the quality of the river water from the...

We have launched three new initiatives to build on the increased interest in nature and local wildlife has experienced since the pandemic...

During lockdown we've had the time to produce our first Annual Report, charting progress since our launch in January 2019 until the end...

Soon after the lockdown began Wildlife Friendly Otley started 'Seen In Otley Today' on social media - almost daily posts of different...

Our sister project, the Otley Swift Watch featured in the Yorkshire Post supplement Rural Life. Click on the article on the left to read...

Even though increased activity by wildlife is normal in springtime it appears that people are seeing birds, animals, bees, butterflies,...