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I love the alliterative name, and they're quite striking to look at - with their bright orange abdomens, Mark Cocker describes them as...

Cuckoo flower, also known as Lady's Smock has pretty lilac flowers and grows in wet meadows and on riverbanks and roadside verges. The...

The haunting call of the Curlew is evocative of the moors and estuaries it inhabits. It is a sound immortalised in the poem "Seafarer",...

These Buttercup-like plants, with their large flowers and large, rounded leaves, favour damp or wet conditions: they would be ideal in...

Soaring into the skies above the Chevin and the fields below Farnley Hall, the male skylark shows impressive levels of stamina. It belts...

This name gives a good indication where many of them are found around Otley, but it's also known as Poor Man's Mustard. Its edible leaves...

A native, sap-sucking insect that derives its name from its distinctive shape. They are no threat to plants. There are more than 30...

Pretty nondescript warbler to look at, but one of the loudest birds around Otley at the moment, with the call that gave it its name. Also...