Harriet Pilcher- Cormorant

Cormorant, 2026

Ink & Marker on Paper, 30 x 42 cm (unframed)

–

I love birds, so Tottenham Hale seemed like the obvious place to live – marshes, wetlands, canals and rivers. Starlings, ducks, sparrows and swans, coots, moorhens, merlin and, my favourite, cormorants. Did you know that even though they're a water bird their feathers aren't waterproof? That's why they stand on the side of the water with their wings spread wide, drying in the sun (or wind, or rain). But, of course, London is what London is. Returning from the wetlands one Sunday morning This is in my path – right in the middle of the pavement on the bridge above the canal – a perfect slice across it's dome. No longer my favourite, just a cormorain't.

50% of the proceeds from this piece will be donated to London Wildlife Trust. To learn more about their work please visit https://www.wildlondon.org.uk/

To see more of Harriet's work be sure to follow on Instagram @pilchards.on.toast