Hannah Bourne-Taylor

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Birds ❤️Swift campaigner🪶📚FLEDGLING & NATURE NEEDS YOU 📚for inquiries go to my website 🪶a bird lived in my hair for 84 days🪺 Clarkson’s Farm Series 5 🚜

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Hannah Bourne-Taylor

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Oh. There WAS a kestrel …. #birds

Did you know that House sparrows’ digestive systems have adapted so they can eat our starchy foods like bread? Ducks’ have not though. Don’t give duck bread. #birds

Turns out, even in this jumper, sadly, I can’t fly. Oh well. Maybe one day. #birds

There’s something v wrong when someone with authority touts their opinion as fact.Lord Krebs, you say swift bricks don’t work &amp; that swifts only nest higher than houses &amp; only with open access.Err, have you been living under a rock?Our home is their home. ⁦Zac Goldsmith⁩

THEY HAVE ARRIVED!!!!!!!!!! THE SWIFTS HAVE RETURNED!!!!!! *WELCOME HOME*!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Check this out!!! These birds are not starlings. They are jackdaws!!! Just filmed, mouth open, delighted. They’re now in their cedar roost on the seafront, chattering away and I’m standing underneath them in awe. HOW COOL ARE THEY!!?! Grins!!

British icon, hilarious comic &amp; bird-kind ⁦Bill Bailey⁩ thinks securing homes for birds reliant on cavity nesting habitat is an ace idea. The swift brick debate is tomorrow. Help the birds. Email SWIFT BRICKS to [email protected] &amp; [email protected]

Hot weather alert: #SwiftAwarenessWeek - if you see a swift (of any age) on the ground, it needs help as it won’t be able to take off from the ground even if it looks like it’s developed enough to fly. They need expert help so if you find one, tell me so I can connect you to help

Videos

Watch Anya Live

Since my episodes on #ClarksonsFarm have aired, I’ve had a lot of love and I’m thrilled that #birds have reached a whole new audience. And to all the haters, unfortunately for you, wild horses couldn’t drag me away.

Big question for you - hoping you’ll share your view in the comments. Are you interested in me banging on about #birds for longer ? And if so, what sort of stuff would you be interested in finding out? #birding #birdwatching #more

Never thought I’d be a page 3 girl but yesterday I was in The Sun (and the day before I was talking on Radio 4’s Today Programme. So the full spectrum). #birds

Petrichor. Best smell in the world. Favourite word of mine. Is it raining with you? Can you sell the petrichor ? #rain

My excellently awful bird impression …. #birds #heron

Another cracking bird impression. You’re welcome. (It’s terrible!) #birds

One year ago today a swift I had raised for 17 days fledged from my bedroom window. Please do not try this at home. Birds are very hard to raise without killing accidentally and swifts are almost impossible and need specific specialist care. Here are some amazing facts about her.

Why did I take a watering can to the field with me? And a cake tin? Because 70% of small bodies of natural water have vanished from the countryside since the 1970s so this small act can make a big difference. #water #heatwave #birds #drink #thirstvideo

20,000 bricks make up the average 2 storey new house &amp; all we ask is that 1 of them has a hole in it - to save a species and preserve an entire category of birds who live alongside us. Labour hated the idea to put a 3 line whip against it. Talk about betrayal.

Got stung by a wasp. Poured way more water over my head than I was expecting. But I did leave #water out for the #birds which was my whole plan. This is the UK’s 4th #heatwave so all wild lives need some watery help right now and so easy to do.

This is the finch who nested in my hair, who I mentioned to Jeremy on Episode 7 of #ClarksonsFarm ❤️ Sound up for us chirping to each other. Fledgling my book tells our story:

Please help get this message to CEO of Network Rail Jeremy Westlake. Email him asking him to unblock the swift nesting sites in the chapel Milton viaduct, Derbyshire. His email is jeremy.westlakeNetwork Rail.co.uk @deborahpitman has been asking for ages but she’s been ignored

Wow. #birds are having a massive #moment. Thanks for the bird #love.

AMAZING NEWS!!! (This is NOT the final result BUT)…the SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT JUST PASSED SWIFT BRICKS THROUGH TO THE NEXT PHASE. The SNP government did not but THE OTHER PARTIES STOOD UNITED AND SHOWED ENGLAND HOW ITS DONE. SCOTLAND YOU BEAUTY! Thank you ⁦Mark Ruskell⁩ !

I tried and failed to show you some Reed Buntings. Smart little things. Have you ever seen or heard one? #birds

This swift left its exact nesting site here in August flying to Africa, spending 9 months on the wing. Journeying 8,000 miles, crossing the Sahara twice, it’s returned to find it BLOCKED. Swifts face national Exstinction + this bird may die trying. The homeowner doesn’t care.

BREAKING NEWS: Network Rail unblocked the swift homes because of the strength of feeling shown by THOUSANDS of people, led by Deborah Pitman. Thanks to ⁦Jenny Jones⁩ ⁦Zac Goldsmith⁩ ⁦Deborah Meaden 🇺🇦⁩ ⁦Pam Ayres MBE &amp; Transport Minister Lord Hendy

9 days ago #NetworkRail agreed to removing the mortar to unblock the swifts nesting sites. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE YET meanwhile swifts are returning home earlier than normal. 📧email CEO Jeremy Westlake asking him to unblock them: [email protected] #SaveOurSwifts

Clarion Housing destroyed an active swift colony by demolishing a building early, breaching the Wildlife and Countryside Act. Tell the Surrey Police crime commissioner to enforce the law 👉 It’s #worldswiftday but no one gives a monkeys.

BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!! ***THE SWIFTS ARE BACK!!!*** WELCOME HOMMMEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have you seen any? #uglycrying #birds #swifts #theyreback #BreakingNews BEST NEWS OF THE YEAR! BEST DAY OF THE YEAR!!!!!!!!!

There’s something v wrong when someone with authority touts their opinion as fact.Lord Krebs, you say swift bricks don’t work & that swifts only nest higher than houses & only with open access.Err, have you been living under a rock?Our home is their home. ⁦Zac Goldsmith⁩

THEY HAVE ARRIVED!!!!!!!!!! THE SWIFTS HAVE RETURNED!!!!!! WELCOME HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

British icon, hilarious comic & bird-kind ⁦Bill Bailey⁩ thinks securing homes for birds reliant on cavity nesting habitat is an ace idea. The swift brick debate is tomorrow. Help the birds. Email SWIFT BRICKS to [email protected] & [email protected]

20,000 bricks make up the average 2 storey new house & all we ask is that 1 of them has a hole in it - to save a species and preserve an entire category of birds who live alongside us. Labour hated the idea to put a 3 line whip against it. Talk about betrayal.

BREAKING NEWS: Network Rail unblocked the swift homes because of the strength of feeling shown by THOUSANDS of people, led by Deborah Pitman. Thanks to ⁦Jenny Jones⁩ ⁦Zac Goldsmith⁩ ⁦Deborah Meaden 🇺🇦⁩ ⁦Pam Ayres MBE & Transport Minister Lord Hendy

BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!! THE SWIFTS ARE BACK!!! WELCOME HOMMMEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have you seen any? #uglycrying #birds #swifts #theyreback #BreakingNews BEST NEWS OF THE YEAR! BEST DAY OF THE YEAR!!!!!!!!!