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During the short spell of dry weather today, my walk was interrupted with a crunch underfoot. Looking down the path ahead of me, I...

Sadly the marmalade fly didn’t get its name for being the equivalent of Paddington Bear! It is because of its lovely marmalade colour. It...

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...

This cute little jumping spider was on our patio, but we have seen them inside the house on the bathroom windowsill. We don’t need to...

Whilst not as ubiquitous as the Kite, these birds of prey are much more common in the skies above Otley than they used to be. They are...

Whilst out walking along Birdcage Walk at dusk, I spotted a fox eating some supplementary food left out for horses (the second picture)....

One of these settled on our gate in the sun. They feed mostly on honeydew in the tree tops, and rarely on flowers. Honeydew is a...

A beautiful bird with an ugly screech of a call, I seem to see more of them around these days, particularly in the woods on the Chevin....

There are loads of these on the riverbank path between Gallows Hill and Knotford Nook, but they can turn up in your Otley garden, even if...

Another of my favourite birds (how many are you allowed?!). When they’re not bobbing up and down in the manner that gave them their name,...

We saw dozens of these this morning on our walk east of Otley along the old railway track. In the fields beyond, they flew up from the...

A different tone for today’s post: this invasive species is a significant problem around Otley. On the face of it, there’s a lot to like...