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Otley’s green spaces and gardens have a vital role to play in tackling the climate emergency, says local nature group, Wildlife Friendly...

Blackbirds live in Otley all year but at this time of year and throughout the winter our resident birds are joined by migrant birds from...

Not short of great names, this fungus is also known as Lawyer’s Wig, and is quite common in Otley’s meadows, woods and verges (and...

Our Wildlife Arts Festival is coming back WILDLIFE ARTS FESTIVAL No.2 SATURDAY 15th OCTOBER 2022 Daytime event at Otley Courthouse. 10am...

Garden spiders are the most common orb web spider in the UK often found in gardens, giving them their name. Now is a good time of year to...

Probably my favourite insect, though not one I associate with Otley, more with holidays in France, but here we have a video to prove the...

These are the chestnuts that you can eat, once you’ve extracted them from their formidable spiky cases and cooked them to help remove the...

An intriguing looking shield bug, the shoulders of the Forest bug are very distinctive and distinguish them from other shield bugs. I...

Another wort in flower right now, also known as clown's woundwort, clown's heal-all and marsh hedgenettle. Its traditional use was to...

Also (more prosaically) know as the Common Garden Spider, it’s worth overcoming any inclinations to arachnophobia to examine the...

Autumn is almost here but there are still wildflowers to be found. I found this one finding its way through the wooden slats of the...

This month as summer draws to an end and autumn begins, shrew numbers are at their peak! They have had a busy few months of feeding and...