An arts trail of 21 kingfisher sculptures decorated by artists including some from Stroud was launched on May 31.

Kingfisher’s can be found in Stroud, Stonehouse, Slimbridge, Wotton and many more places across the Cotswolds until October.

Artists featured in the trail include Slad’s Kerry Phippen, of London and New York fame, Uley’s Hannah Dyson, artist in residence at the Prema Arts Centre, and Stroud’s Albie Lucas, who undertook the well-known political mural at Gannicox road, Stroud and the bus stop installation ‘Everyday People’ in Brimscombe.

The event, organised by Cotswolds National Landscape, aims to be a unique way for people to connect with nature in the Cotswold’s this summer.

Stroud News and Journal: Credit: Cotswolds National Landscape / The Kingfisher TrailCredit: Cotswolds National Landscape / The Kingfisher Trail

Other contributors include Andy Davies, who runs the Cheltenham Paint Festival, Imogen Harvey-Lewis, whose clients include Ecotricity and the Cheltenham Literary Festival, and ‘Banksy’s right-hand man’ Inkie.

The designs are led by internationally renowned painter, PJ Crook MBE.

At the end of the project all of the sculptures will be auctioned to art lovers and businesses to raise funds for the conservation work of the Cotswolds National Landscape.