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So called because its gnarled and twisted twigs can appear crabbed or spiny, the branches of the one in our garden are still bending...

Mosses have been around for over 350 million years! Us homo sapiens have been around for a mere 200,000 years. Around 20,000 species of...

Okay, heard in Otley…..The Tawny Owl in the cemetery was relatively quiet last Autumn, so I’ve been glad to hear it re-asserting itself...

On gloomy, grey days like the ones we had last week, a sighting of a few of these tough bulbous perennials, flowering despite the bitter...

Winter has its advantages, with no leaves on many of our trees its easier than any season to watch some birds. Such as the very smart,...

Despite its name, it is actually lichen - Oakmoss grows primarily on the trunk and branches of Oak trees, but can also be found growing...

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

In bed, awake at midnight, I hear them calling to each other in the darkness as they fly overhead. Out in the snow yesterday, the same...

Also known as Golden Jelly, Witches Butter or Yellow Trembler is a jelly fungus (helpfully named because they look like jelly, not...

These common trees are unusual in that they are deciduous conifers – their green needles go orange-brown in autumn and fall. There are...

My battered old copy of the Observer’s Book of British Birds notes that this is also known as the Water Wagtail or Dish-washer (no, me...

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...