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Nature has a vital role in tackling the climate emergency

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

WILDLIFE ARTS FESTIVAL TO BE EXPANDED FOR 2022

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

Otley youngsters protect wildlife

Pupils at St Joseph's Primary created landscape and meadow art as well as sculptures to represent the town. They then created a gallery...

East of Otley development plan is unsustainable

Together with the East of Otley Action Group, we have issued a response to this weeks hybrid planning application for a huge development...

Otley school children get the wildlife bug

As part of its plan to work with local schools on wildlife and nature schemes, the group donated a wildlife kit including a bird table...

HOW TO ATTRACT WILDLIFE TO YOUR GARDEN

Together with Otley2030 we are hosting a webinar Wednesday 31 March, from 7.00pm to help everyone attract more wildlife to their gardens....

SIGNS OF LOVE GO UP AS THE BATTLE TO SAVE WILDLIFE CORRIDORS CONTINUES

The East of Otley Action group have been out and hand painted signs have started to pop up all over the East of Otley, to celebrate and...

WE CELEBRATE NATIONAL NEST BOX WEEK

To celebrate National Nest Box Week (February 14 - 21), we decided to revisit our Pledge champions and reward all their efforts for...

EAST OF OTLEY ACTION GROUP ARE FUNDRAISING FOR LEGAL ADVICE

Together with Otley2030, Otley Community Land Trust, Wharfedale Naturalists, Cambridge estate residents and others are working to raise...

EAST OF OTLEY PLAN WILL DEVASTATE LOCAL WILDLIFE

The East of Otley plan for a new road and 550 houses will devastate local wildlife, unless more wildlife friendly measures are built into...

GO WILD WITH YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING

Looking after wildlife brings its own rewards and there is a wide range of gifts including bird feeders, nest boxes, bird baths and...

OTLEY SOW THE SEED TO HELP WILDLIFE

Wildlife Friendly Otley and Otley in Bloom have joined forces to convert the BT Exchange garden on Charles Street in Otley into a...

NEW ‘PROMISE’ TO CONNECT CHILDREN AND NATURE

A group of children at Westgate primary school in Otley recently started an exciting project aimed at bringing nature back into the urban...

CALL TO REWILD VERGES TO HELP THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY

In Leeds, the council’s cross-party Climate Emergency Advisory Committee includes an ‘Open Forum,' to allow members of the public to...

WILDLIFE FRIENDLY OTLEY SUPPORTS BUILD BACK BETTER CAMPAIGN

On the 28th August, representatives from 30 local groups, including our own Chairman gathered in the town square to hand a petition to MP...

WE CONTINUE TO INSPIRE THE ARTS

Check out this handcrafted woodpecker, who in the artist, Amy Panda's words "...has been made in support of the wonderful Wildlife...

INSPIRED LOCAL ARTIST'S NEW PRINT

We absolutely love this print by local artist, Kate Broughton. We were delighted to play a small part in the creation of the artwork,...

iWHARFE INVESTIGATES THE STATE OF OUR RIVER

On the 24th August a citizen science team called iWharfe and the Environment Agency will test the quality of the river water from the...

THREE PRONGED STRATEGY TO KEEP SPOTLIGHT ON WILDLIFE

We have launched three new initiatives to build on the increased interest in nature and local wildlife has experienced since the pandemic...

18 MONTHS OF PROGRESS

During lockdown we've had the time to produce our first Annual Report, charting progress since our launch in January 2019 until the end...