The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has created an extraordinary resource of information, All About Birds, which, funnily enough, is all about birds! One of the most amazing things they have set up around the world is live cameras on feeding stations and nest sights, providing an incredible insight into the lives of birds. 

Although these resources are free to view, I have sought permission to use them during this session and will be making a donation of £150 to the organisation to contribute to the running of this exceptional facility. 

We'll be drawing a variety of birds from owls high up on their nesting platform, to exotic birds at feeding stations. There is an amazing variety that we can turn to, and if the birds don't turn up, the cameras have highlighted films available for us to draw from until they do! I was testing them out today and they…