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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Winners of our Wildlife Friendly Garden Competition 2025 🎉 🐛Most Wildlife Friendly Courtyard/Small Garden - Dave Kelly 🐸Most Wildlife Friendly Garden - Celia Chambers 🦋Most Wildlife Friendly Street - Ashfield Place 🌼Wildlife Champion 2025 - The Jarvis Family of Pool Road Thanks all who entered!

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

The turning of the seasons once again 🍂 Why not read the wonderful Otley Nature Notes, written by Keith? www.wildlifefriendlyotley.org.uk/naturediaryf... So put on the kettle, and give this a read as the wind picks up and we finally get some much-needed rain. #WildlifeFriendlyOtley #Otley

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Nature Diary from Otley | Wildlife Friendly

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

🌼Wildlife Friendly Garden Awards 🌼 You're invited! Come and celebrate the winners of our 2025 Wildlife Friendly Garden awards (coffee & cake provided) 🍰 📍Beech Hill Church, 20-24 Westgate, Otley ⏲Weds, 17th September, 7.30pm #WildlifeFriendlyOtley #Otley #WildlifeGardening

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

We were delighted to go pond dipping & minibeast hunting at Gallows Hill with Otley Rainbows 🌈 💧Pond dipping is a fantastic way to see what wonderful life is in the water #WildlifeFriendlyOtley #Otley #GallowsHillNatureReserve

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

We loved spending time with Monkey Puzzle Nursery ✨ Everyone was inspired to get out into nature (though don't ask what was happening in the 2nd photo 😂) Some wildlife-friendly resources & activities for children on our website: www.wildlifefriendlyotley.org.uk/kids-area #WildlifeFriendlyOtley

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Baby Barn Owls practicing flying! 🥰 In a box in Leathley. Thanks to Wildlife Friendly Otley's Barn Owl group for putting up boxes in and around Otley 🙏 You can watch these cuties on the livestream: www.youtube.com/clip/Ugkxgga... 🦉 #Otley #Leathley #BarnOwl

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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

🦇 If you're looking for a fun activity to in summer evenings why not take part in our Sunset Survey? It's the perfect bat survey for beginners and you can do it from your garden, window or local park! More info: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/nat...

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

A dragonfly nymph and a dragonfly 😍 Creating a pond is one of the best things you can do for wildlife 💦 Does anyone know what species this is? 🤔 #Dragonfly #Otley #WildlifeFriendlyOtley

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Let's take the opportunity to connect with nature this #WorldWellbeingWeek 🦋

Wooded road with words World Wellbeing Week

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

🌿 Last Chance to Enter! 🐝🌼 Is your garden, planter, or street buzzing with life? Our Wildlife-Friendly Garden Competition is in its final week! Email photos to wildlifefriendlyotley@gmail.com by 3 July in order to enter 🐞 #WildlifeFriendlyOtley #Otley

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

We loved our visit to Little Green Frog nursery 💚 We pretended to be minibeasts & made nature artwork Thank you! 🐸 #WildlifeFriendlyOtley #Otley

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Thank you to everyone who came by our stall yesterday at the Green Fair We were definitely inspired, and hope you were too 🌿💚 @otleycourthouse.bsky.social #WildlifeFriendlyOtley #Otley

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

This #NationalVolunteeringWeek Thank you to everyone who has given up your time & energy to help make Otley a wildlife-friendly town. You are so appreciated 🙏 #WildlifeFriendlyOtley #Otley

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Free event! Thurs 12 June, join us for a talk 'Sharing Space; making green corridors through the grey' 🌿 Free sandwiches, tea, coffee, & cake ☕ 7.00pm Chippendale Centre RSPV by email wildlifefriendlyotley@gmail.com #WildlifeFriendlyOtley

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Free event! This Sunday 8th June, join us for a Wildlife Garden Winners Tour 🌻 Free tea, coffee, & cake 🍰 Meet at Burras Lane tree planting area, 1.30pm RSVP by email wildlifefriendlyotley@gmail.com #Otley #WildlifeFriendlyOtley

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Read this year's Summer Nature Notes from Otley 🌸 Take a walk through the soft purple haze of Bluebells, muse on memories of summer droughts, soar with Red Kites, & much more. www.wildlifefriendlyotley.org.uk/naturediaryf... #Otley #WildlifeFriendlyOtley

Photo of a perched swallow, with the text Summer Otley Nature Notes

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

We're celebrating #WorldBeeDay 🐝 With more than a quarter of British wild bees in decline, they need a helping hand! From bee hotels, to pollinator-friendly planting and chemical-free gardening, there's lots we can do to help these gorgeous creatures 💛 #Otley

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

📢Otley Green Fair📢 Swing by the @otleycourthouse.bsky.social on 7th June to celebrate & get involved with all things green 💚 Including workshops, stalls, food, music & more 🎵 ⏲10-4 #Otley #WildlifeFriendlyOtley

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Just look at the fantastic meadow patch in Otley All Saints' Church 😍🌼 Churchyards can be such important hotspots for nature 💛 #Otley #WildlifeFriendlyOtley

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Huge thanks to students, parents, & teachers who joined us a few weeks ago. We: 🦔Made sure the hedgehog & bug houses were extra cosy 🕳Dug out more of the old, clogged up pond to turn it into a wildlife-rich ephemeral pond 🐞Went on some wildlife hunts 💦Created a new, mini pond & more! #Otley

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

We need to talk about.... pesticides & herbicides in #Otley Not only are they causing the loss of our bees, insects, birds, & other wildlife, but research has found they can also be extremely harmful to human health too ❌ There are safe alternatives www.wildlifefriendlyotley.org.uk/gardens

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

🦔Hedgehog Awareness Week🦔 Maybe you can take inspiration from the wonderful pupils, parents, & teachers at Pool C of E School and make a hedgehog home? 🏠 💚 Support your local hedgehog rescue Prickly Pigs #Otley #HedgehogAwarenessWeek

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

It's May, and that means that you can enter our Wildlife Friendly Gardening competition! 🎉🌼🐞 There's lots of categories, you don't even need to have a garden Show us your photos on social media with #otleywildlifegarden or email wildlifefriendlyotley@gmail.com Good luck 🍀 #Otley

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George McGavin @georgemcgavin.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Evening hedgerow walk - mushi yoku. Wandering, watching, wondering....

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

It's International Dawn Chorus Day! 🎶 Time to get up early and listen to the melodies! #Otley #DawnChorus

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Cath Hodsman @cathhodsman.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Did u know?When planning a wildlife friendly garden,it's easy to forget to look up,as well as down at no-mow meadows & borders etc. To provide extra pollinator food & habitats for nesting birds, plant easy to grow Montana clematises.They're low maintenance & loved by so many small souls. 🌿🌱🌱🇬🇧🌍🪲🐦‍⬛

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Take part in @theriverstrust.bsky.social #BigRiverWatch An easy way to collect info on the health of the #RiverWharfe Just download the app & spend 15 mins enjoying the sunshine down by the river 💦 More info 👇 theriverstrust.org/take-action/...

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Sunday reading inspo? Read this wonderful Spring Nature diary, with Keith's encounters with nature in #Otley 🌸 There's toads, cotton grass planting, mealtimes with otters - and much more! Read here 👉https://www.wildlifefriendlyotley.org.uk/naturediaryfromotley

Picture of cotton grass with words I was honoured to plant the last cotton grass, 24,000th

Close up photo of otter with words seen one catch a 10 pound salmon

Photo of a toad with words toad patrol, more than 1700 saved this year

photo of blossom, with words nature diary from otley

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

This Red Admiral wishes you a happy Thursday (especially if you have ivy in your garden or nearby) 💕

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Happy #EarthDay 🌎 Wildlife Friendly Otley have lots of inspiring events & activities to lend nature a helping hand 🤝 Find out more on our website:https://www.wildlifefriendlyotley.org.uk/ #Otley

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

World Curlew Day 🤎 They haunt our hearts and hills They've inspired poets & writers from Ted Hughes to Emily Brontë Curlews in lit: www.curlewaction.org/curlews-in-l... Curlews in @yorkshiredales.org.uk www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/about/wildli... #WorldCurlewDay @curlewaction.bsky.social

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Bluebells are starting to grace our woodlands again 💙 The UK is a bluebell hotspot, home to over half the world's population of them 🌎 Have you seen any #Bluebells around #Otley ?

A photo of bluebells, with the text 'bluebell season'

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Cath Hodsman @cathhodsman.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

What a wonderful idea! 🙌🌍

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Emma Lusby @emlusby.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Beautiful! Lots of butterflies at Burley’s Sun Lane reserve this afternoon too, brimstones, commas, whites, peacocks and more orange tips 💚

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Orange-tip butterflies are out and about enjoying this sunshine here in #Otley🧡

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

We saw some today too! Lounging on some Snakeshead Fritillary

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Yorkshire Wildlife Trust @yorkswildlife.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Who's out in the garden this weekend? We've got everything you need for creating wilder, beautiful spaces 🐝 #WildlifeGardening www.ywt.org.uk/wildlife-gar...

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Wildlife Gardening Hub | Yorkshire Wildlife Trust

Welcome to our wildlife gardening hub. Grow your knowledge, discover expert advice, get green inspiration and so much more!

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

🌼Wildlife Friendly Garden Competition🌻 It's your chance to enter to win a prize! Whatever your wildlife friendly garden type or size, there's a category for you To enter, post photos on social media with #OtleyWildlifeGarden or email to wildlifefriendlyotley@gmail.com between 1 May - 3 July

Poster for the Wildlife Friendly Otley Garden Competition 2025, with information about the different competition categories.

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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Butterflies need wilder parks and gardens. Will you promise to let your lawn grow long for butterflies in your community this summer? 🦋🐛 Take the pledge 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/make-your-pr...

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

More info on these gorgeous butterflies

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Peacock butterflies 🦋 They are residents & hibernate in trees and buildings (keep an eye out in winter 👀) But now, sunny weather will have them flying around #Otley The 'eyes' on their wings are to deter predators 🦚 #Otley #WildlifeFriendlyOtley

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Skylarks are singing their uplifting songs around #Otley They can fly up to 300m high whilst singing 🎶 Skylarks have been celebrated by poets and other artists, such as George Meredith's 'The Lark Ascending' allpoetry.com/the-lark-asc... Photo: @otleyphotos.bsky.social #WildlifeFriendlyOtley

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Thank you to all our volunteers on #ToadPatrol We've saved 1738 lovely toads so far 🎉 🐸 @froglife.bsky.social #Otley

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

“Find a hedgerow on a bank and examine just one yard of it. Then make a list of all the different plants you can find in that yard. You will be astonished at the variety” (1965) Artist: Ronald Lampitt Writer: Richard Bowood

Close-up of a hedgerow as an identification guide, labelling some of the most common species such as primrose and white nettle

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

#RewildingDay We're reminiscing about all the lovely projects we've been involved in around #Otley to restore natural processes Looking forward to more work to come!

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Chiffchaffs are one of the loudest birds around Otley at the moment, with the call that gave it its name🎵 This tiny warbler is also capable of incredible endurance: they can fly all the way from Sub-Saharan Africa to spend spring and summer with us🤯 #WildlifeFriendlyOtley

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Wildlife Friendly Otley @wildaboutotley.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Who is singing the song of spring? 🎶 That melodic and repeating song comes from the Song Thrush! It's their breeding season at the moment 🥚 Keep your ears & eyes open in #Otley 👂

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Curlew Action @curlewaction.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Introducing our new breeding season poster! Now is the time to start thinking about ordering our wader breeding season signs to help protect nesting waders! In 2022 two brilliant designs won our breeding season sign competition, and we now have a third to add to the mix as well!

A poster about not disturbing ground-nesting birds during the breeding season.

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Wildlife and Countryside Link @handle.invalid · 17/03/2025

Checking in on our local wildlife can tell us a lot about nature's health💚 You can help build a picture with @ptes-org.bsky.social🦊 Head to your local garden, park, allotment or other greenspace🌳 Record what wild neighbours you see or signs they leave behind📝 Sign up via ptes.org/lwm

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Living with Mammals survey - People's Trust for Endangered Species

Help us to understand how wild mammals share our urban green space by joining our Living with Mammals survey. Record mammals near you.

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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Every year thousands of volunteers take part in doing National Bat Monitoring Programme surveys. Some surveys (such as hibernation surveys) require a lot of experience and a license but there are surveys suitable for everyone. Find out more here: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/nat...

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National Bat Monitoring Programme - Our Work - Bat Conservation Trust

Bat numbers in the UK have declined dramatically over the last century. You can help to monitor the UK's bats by taking part in our surveys and observin...

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