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Pine trees can leave me a bit cold – I’m thinking of David Bellamy’s “arboreal slums” – lines of monotonous ever-greens in dark...

Also known as Fairy Ink Cap, they are quite common at this time of year, and fairly easy to spot as they always form dense mats over dead...

Along with our garden birds, live mammals from the big badgers and cunning foxes to the little shrews and nervy mice. You would be very...

One of the great joys of Autumn for me, along with the changing colour of the leaves, are mixed flocks of tits flittering around the...

Looking like something has chewed it up and spat it out, the white saddle mushroom is one of those fungi that look otherworldly strange...

One of the world’s commonest birds, these are easy to spot down at the Gallows Hill ponds, though they come out of the water much more...

When the frosty nights get here, give a thought to our little garden friends. Bird boxes that were used to raise families in the spring,...

Similes abound for this distinctive lichen – it is also compared with golf tees and even Shrek’s ears – but the pixie reference is...

There are two native subspecies of Ivy in the UK – one that climbs and one that spreads across the ground. There are many great examples...

We usually see these packed together in dense clusters, and those I found in our garden are no exception, growing from the roots of an...

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

If you don’t have a bird bath or other source of water, now is a great time to get one. The wildlife visiting our gardens need water,...