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BRIMSTONE BUTTERFLY

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

FIELD VOLE - January 2021

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...

ROBIN - December 2020

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

FIELDFARE - November 2020

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

ATLANTIC SALMON - October 2020

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...

CRANEFLY - September 2020

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

ROE DEER - August 2020

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...

BUZZARD - July 2020

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...

COMMON FROG - June 2020

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

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