Credit: SWNS

Meet the woman "killing" it in taxidermy - stuffing dead birds for a living.

Elle Kaye, 31, has been a taxidermist - a way of preparing, stuffing and/or mounting an animal for display or study - for over a decade and is now using her skill to teach others.

Elle originally wanted to be a vet but realised she "wasn't academic but had a creative eye".

Later, when studying fine art and sculpture at Loughborough University, Leicestershire, Elle started looking into taxidermy and "fell in love" with the art.