Wildlife Friendly Otley
@wildaboutotley.bsky.social
Wildlife Friendly Otley campaigns to raise interest in and awareness of local wildlife and Otley as a wildlife friendly town.
wildlifefriendlyotley.org.uk
wildlifefriendlyotley.org.uk
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!
🐛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!
September 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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!
🐛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!
🌼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
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
August 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
🌼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
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
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
💧Pond dipping is a fantastic way to see what wonderful life is in the water
#WildlifeFriendlyOtley #Otley #GallowsHillNatureReserve
August 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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
💧Pond dipping is a fantastic way to see what wonderful life is in the water
#WildlifeFriendlyOtley #Otley #GallowsHillNatureReserve
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
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
August 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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
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
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
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
July 23, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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
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
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
Creating a pond is one of the best things you can do for wildlife 💦
Does anyone know what species this is? 🤔
#Dragonfly #Otley #WildlifeFriendlyOtley
July 3, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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
Creating a pond is one of the best things you can do for wildlife 💦
Does anyone know what species this is? 🤔
#Dragonfly #Otley #WildlifeFriendlyOtley
Let's take the opportunity to connect with nature this #WorldWellbeingWeek 🦋
June 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Let's take the opportunity to connect with nature this #WorldWellbeingWeek 🦋
🌿 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
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
June 23, 2025 at 8:04 AM
🌿 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
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
We loved our visit to Little Green Frog nursery 💚
We pretended to be minibeasts & made nature artwork
Thank you! 🐸
#WildlifeFriendlyOtley #Otley
We pretended to be minibeasts & made nature artwork
Thank you! 🐸
#WildlifeFriendlyOtley #Otley
June 23, 2025 at 7:13 AM
We loved our visit to Little Green Frog nursery 💚
We pretended to be minibeasts & made nature artwork
Thank you! 🐸
#WildlifeFriendlyOtley #Otley
We pretended to be minibeasts & made nature artwork
Thank you! 🐸
#WildlifeFriendlyOtley #Otley
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
We were definitely inspired, and hope you were too 🌿💚
@otleycourthouse.bsky.social
#WildlifeFriendlyOtley #Otley
June 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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
We were definitely inspired, and hope you were too 🌿💚
@otleycourthouse.bsky.social
#WildlifeFriendlyOtley #Otley
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
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
June 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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
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
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
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
June 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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
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
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
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
June 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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
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
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
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
May 29, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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
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
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
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
May 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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
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
📢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
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
May 18, 2025 at 10:22 AM
📢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
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
Just look at the fantastic meadow patch in Otley All Saints' Church 😍🌼
Churchyards can be such important hotspots for nature 💛
#Otley #WildlifeFriendlyOtley
Churchyards can be such important hotspots for nature 💛
#Otley #WildlifeFriendlyOtley
May 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Just look at the fantastic meadow patch in Otley All Saints' Church 😍🌼
Churchyards can be such important hotspots for nature 💛
#Otley #WildlifeFriendlyOtley
Churchyards can be such important hotspots for nature 💛
#Otley #WildlifeFriendlyOtley
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
🦔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
May 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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
🦔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
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
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
May 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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
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
🦔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
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
May 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
🦔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
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
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
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
May 6, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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
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
It's International Dawn Chorus Day! 🎶
Time to get up early and listen to the melodies!
#Otley #DawnChorus
Time to get up early and listen to the melodies!
#Otley #DawnChorus
May 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
It's International Dawn Chorus Day! 🎶
Time to get up early and listen to the melodies!
#Otley #DawnChorus
Time to get up early and listen to the melodies!
#Otley #DawnChorus
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/...
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/...
April 29, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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/...
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/...
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
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
April 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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
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
This Red Admiral wishes you a happy Thursday
(especially if you have ivy in your garden or nearby)
💕
(especially if you have ivy in your garden or nearby)
💕
April 24, 2025 at 7:37 AM
This Red Admiral wishes you a happy Thursday
(especially if you have ivy in your garden or nearby)
💕
(especially if you have ivy in your garden or nearby)
💕