Painting the Bird Hide at College Lake

I have started refurbishing the bird hide now - I chose The Tump - it's very well camouflaged from outside, but hopefully there will be a surprise inside.

I'm busy painting the walls first - a warm grey - then the plan is to draw/paint markings of the species of birds, butterflies and dragonflies that are seen at the lake. In my mind's eye these markings - just the ones that are visible in UV light - will form a kind of delicate web.

Then when the sun shines (if ever!) the prismatic film at the windows will highlght the markings in full rainbow colour. Well that's the idea anyway...

Here are a few photos of the hide, the long walk I take to reach it, working on the inside...