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On the 24th August a citizen science team called iWharfe and the Environment Agency will test the quality of the river water from the...

If you’re on the Chevin over the weekend, watch out for these colourful butterflies – ten were seen together yesterday, feeding on...

I love this stroppy little beetle, and not just for its cracking name. If you disturb it under a rock or log, it will raise up its...

To me it seems a shame that we anthropomorphize these birds and regard them as villains or bullies. Yes, they do eat the eggs and young...

Although we must focus on the loss of species (we are one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world), I thought it worthwhile to...

These are pretty easy to spot by the Wharfe, where they feed on invertebrates with great agility, hopping from stone to stone above the...

I’m not expecting quite so many Likes for this post, but bear with me. My Dad used to gently rib me that all the Greenpeace and Friends...

Not a common sight close to Otley, one of our committee members spotted one yesterday. They are largely nocturnal and shy, but sightings...

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...

Although the one I saw this morning was flapping quite high over Otley, I usually find their visits to my garden quite exhilarating. Not...

Not only are bees crucial to the world’s ecosystems, but they are very sophisticated creatures indeed. They have even learned how to...

Eagle-eyed observers may have spotted that we made a slight mistake yesterday – the “Common Lizard” in the video was in fact a Smooth...