Great Tit
Parus major
A regular at the bird feeder. The yellow stripe on its chest is really tricky to capture.
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Laura's Sketchpad
A Growing
Collection of
Wild Birds
Hand-drawn from real sightings — each bird gets a drawing, a caption, and sometimes a photo or a voice recording.
See the Birds
Scroll down to see them all.
Hand-Drawn
Every bird is drawn by hand — in ink or pencil, one careful line at a time, from a real sighting.
Real Photos
Where a photo was taken, the real bird sits right beside the drawing so you can compare the two.
Listen In
Some cards have a voice recording — press play to hear the story of when this bird was spotted.
The Project
Every bird gets its own page.
A personal collection built up slowly, one bird at a time. Each drawing is done by hand, with a note about when and where it was seen. Sometimes there is a photo too, or a little voice note.
See the full collection
The Birds
All the Birds So Far
Every bird in the collection is here. Tap play on any card that has a recording to hear the story behind the sighting.
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