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One of the absolute joys of early spring is catching sight of a fluttering, lemon yellow butterfly. Amazingly the word ‘butter-fly’ is...

With a population of 75 million, the field vole is one of the UK's most common mammals. To put that number in perspective, the UK’s human...

Christmas is not going to be the same this year, but some things remain the same, like our constant friend throughout the seasons, the...

Along with their more easily identifiable Redwing cousins, Fieldfares have arrived in Otley! I often feel a little sad noticing all our...

At this time of year Atlantic salmon join our more familiar brown trout in the high jump contest taking place up our fast-flowing weir to...

Often called a Daddy Long Legs, along with the completely unrelated Harvestmen who are arachnids! There are actually a number of...

The Roe is one of our truly native deer, the other being the Red deer. Records of them date to before the Mesolithic period (6000 to...

Most of this year’s young will be fledging now, so there will be more Buzzards around Otley now than any other time of the year. The...

Our most well known amphibian, the Common Frog is a regular visitor to gardens across Otley. In fact our garden ponds are really...