An eye for nature

Open the pages of a book illustrated by William T. Cooper and birds fly out, fruits beg to be eaten and landscapes beckon.

Story By Penny Olsen

Sir David Attenborough, world-renowned natural history documentary-maker, has called William T. Cooper “the best ornithological illustrator alive”. But Bill, aged 80, is much more than that. Birds might be his forte, but he is also a fine landscape artist.