Primary five at Dalintober Primary School worked with Kilmartin Museum on a very exciting bird project. First the children, accompanied by Julia Hamilton and Kate Moody form Kilmartin Museum, examined stuffed birds and then they walked round the harbour in Campbeltown to see the real thing. They also visited Campbeltown Museum to see where an exhibition of their work would be. Photographer Philip Price came to school to teach photography skills and these were used in the afternoon when the class visited Machrihanish. While there they also visited the Marine Lab where Mr Roy and his staff explained the research involving wrasse and sea lice. At the Bird Observatory there was plenty of opportunity to study birds, guided by the expertise of Mr Eddie McGuire. Both outside and indoors the children applied their photography skills to take pictures including panoramic views.

Aisa Nebreda from the Grab Trust visited the school to talk about ways in which litter affects marine life. The class made seabirds from rubbish and examined a beach looking for rubbish.

For the final two days of the project, artist Jane Smith came to demonstrate her printing skills. Everyone listened to bird sounds and tried to match them to the birds they had researched. Following that, prints were made reflecting the various sounds heard. Finally the fourteen birds which had been studied were turned into prints.

The photographs were framed and the prints mounted ready for an exhibition in Campbeltown Museum. Primary 5 were guests of honour at the official opening of the exhibition. Running from the 10th of March until the 29th of August the exhibition, complete with bird sounds, will be open to the public during normal Museum opening hours.