AN Ulverston metal worker has been commissioned to create sculptures across Morecambe Bay.

Award-winning blacksmith Chris Bramall has created seven bird sculptures on behalf Morecambe Bay Partnership.

Each of the sculptures holds beautiful panels which tell seven stories about the area's 'wonderful waders'.

Morecambe Bay is one of the top three places in the UK for wintering birds. Its vast shining sands are a rich larder for wading birds like lapwing, knot and curlew. Hundreds of thousands of birds use Morecambe Bay.

Certain species favour particular locations along the Bay - with Potts Corner at Middleton known for being a spot where murmurations of knot and dunlin gather.

Each of the sculptures is unique and features a bird associated with that particular location.

Morecambe Bay Partnership is asking visitors to share their selfies next to the sculptures on social media using the hashtag #seabirdselfies. Susannah Bleakley, chief executive of Morecambe Bay Partnership said: 'We want everyone to look out and enjoy seeing birds, yet also to give them space when they are resting at high tide.'

To complement the panels, Morecambe Bay Partnership has produced a leaflet featuring the illustrations which have already proven popular.

The sculptures can be found at:

1. Lapwing: Warton Sands, Warton.

2. Curlew: Bolton-le-Sands.

3. Shellduck: Hest Bank.

4. Redshank: Half Moon. Bay, Heysham.

5. Dunlin: Potts Corner, Middleton.

6. Plover: Plover Scar, near Cockerham.

7. Oystercatcher: Fluke Hall / Pilling, Wyre.

If you would like to join the Morecambe Bay Partnership charity as a volunteer to look after the 'birds of the Bay', please contact 01539 734888 info@morecambebay.org.uk for details.