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With orange or yellow flowers, these plants have self-seeded all around our garden and throughout Otley. They are native of the damp,...

So many species are suffering serious existential threats that it’s nice to hear success stories. Goldfinch numbers are rising, and these...

Perhaps not the perfect name: it’s not that frequently seen in Otley – it’s more that it’s the most widespread of the British blues – and...

There are many medicinal claims made for this common member of the Cranesbill family, including as a cure for diarrhoea. It is believed...

At the moment I’m seeing these fantastic birds between Otley and Leathley, and on the south side of the Chevin, but I used to see so many...

This has to be my favourite moth, they are fairly common in the parks and gardens of Otley but quite hard to spot, which is hard to...

The nation’s Horse Chestnut trees are under serious attack from a disease called Bleeding Canker, so it’s been good to see the...

In my first bird book – a well-thumbed Observer’s Book of British Birds – it was charmingly named the Blue Titmouse or Tom Tit, and...

As the Wildlife Trusts’ website says, “as the Bluebells fade, Yellow Archangel takes its turn to impress”. You’ll find them in the woods...

I spotted a Mayfly over the riverbank, near the confluence of the Wharfe and the Washburn. Their up-and-down flight pattern is quite...

We saw this large, colourful bird near the old railway line to the west of town. As well as a vibrant green you see a strong yellow and a...

It flew so near me I could hear its wingbeats. As dusk drew in it was hunting insects, flitting expertly in and out of the...