Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner
@hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social
Bird campaigner. Nature author of #Fledgling about how I rescued raised & released 2 wild birds: one made nests in my hair for 84 days AND Nature Needs You -The Fight To Save Our Swifts about my swift brick campaign to save birds reliant on our 🏡 to breed🪶
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NATURE NEEDS YOU - The Fight To Save Our Swifts
Published by @eandtbooks
Out 1st May 2025
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My new book
NATURE NEEDS YOU - The Fight To Save Our Swifts
Published by @eandtbooks
Out 1st May 2025
Pre order hannahbournetaylor.com/books/
#NatureNeedsYou #swifts #BookNews
First bird of my day: if I say empty playground or car park, do you think of a bird? I do and today my #FirstBirdOfMyDay was a wagtail wagging its tail in a wet car park transforming an ugly, boring scene in to something cheery and curious. #WhatsYours
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
First bird of my day: if I say empty playground or car park, do you think of a bird? I do and today my #FirstBirdOfMyDay was a wagtail wagging its tail in a wet car park transforming an ugly, boring scene in to something cheery and curious. #WhatsYours
First bird of my day: a rook but this time in the field not on my windowsill. It’s feathered pantaloons are blowing in the wind. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
November 27, 2025 at 7:43 AM
First bird of my day: a rook but this time in the field not on my windowsill. It’s feathered pantaloons are blowing in the wind. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
First bird of my day: a rook right on the windowsill pecking at the glass and cawing. For a moment I thought the birds had come to claim me. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
November 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM
First bird of my day: a rook right on the windowsill pecking at the glass and cawing. For a moment I thought the birds had come to claim me. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
The RSPB invited the British public to vote on this year’s Bird of the Year. Guess which bird won with 81% of the vote? A bird who needs the prize to be swift bricks! Oh yes, the swift won. Email your MP now about swifts. We need to pull together for Britain’s most popular bird
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The RSPB invited the British public to vote on this year’s Bird of the Year. Guess which bird won with 81% of the vote? A bird who needs the prize to be swift bricks! Oh yes, the swift won. Email your MP now about swifts. We need to pull together for Britain’s most popular bird
First bird of my day: a blue tit looking impossibly yellow in the grey, dull landscape, like an enchanted fairy light that escaped and flung itself into the sky. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 AM
First bird of my day: a blue tit looking impossibly yellow in the grey, dull landscape, like an enchanted fairy light that escaped and flung itself into the sky. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
First bird of my day: a rook in a muddy field, the long feathers on its legs like pantaloons blowing in the wind. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
November 24, 2025 at 7:57 AM
First bird of my day: a rook in a muddy field, the long feathers on its legs like pantaloons blowing in the wind. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
First bird of my day: a very smart Stock dove strutting in my garden,wearing the indigo sky and a rainbow round his neck. Gorgeous. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
November 23, 2025 at 9:02 AM
First bird of my day: a very smart Stock dove strutting in my garden,wearing the indigo sky and a rainbow round his neck. Gorgeous. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
First bird of my day: a pair of sparrow eyes looking at me from the ivy, deciding not to venture out of the relative shelter on a morning that is sparkling with frost. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 AM
First bird of my day: a pair of sparrow eyes looking at me from the ivy, deciding not to venture out of the relative shelter on a morning that is sparkling with frost. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
First bird of my day: a pair of sparrow eyes looking at me from the ivy, deciding not to venture out of the relative shelter on a morning that is sparkling with frost. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
November 22, 2025 at 7:46 AM
First bird of my day: a pair of sparrow eyes looking at me from the ivy, deciding not to venture out of the relative shelter on a morning that is sparkling with frost. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
First bird of my day: a kestrel lifting off from a barn into the clear, cold, pink-streaked sky. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
November 21, 2025 at 8:06 AM
First bird of my day: a kestrel lifting off from a barn into the clear, cold, pink-streaked sky. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
I just stood next to Britain’s joint-smallest bird, a goldcrest. Tiny and perfect, it piped its tune at me from the hedge. Up to a quarter of these tiny birds won’t make it through a harsh winter so I’m rooting for this one on what will be such a bitterly cold night.
November 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I just stood next to Britain’s joint-smallest bird, a goldcrest. Tiny and perfect, it piped its tune at me from the hedge. Up to a quarter of these tiny birds won’t make it through a harsh winter so I’m rooting for this one on what will be such a bitterly cold night.
First bird of my day: the white chevron patterns of chaffinches flying across the wood in minus temperatures. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
November 20, 2025 at 7:31 AM
First bird of my day: the white chevron patterns of chaffinches flying across the wood in minus temperatures. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
Hey Scotland! 🏴 Wanna save our swifts? Ask your MSP to support @markruskell swift brick amendment to The Natural Environment Bill. Show England how it’s done!!!
November 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Hey Scotland! 🏴 Wanna save our swifts? Ask your MSP to support @markruskell swift brick amendment to The Natural Environment Bill. Show England how it’s done!!!
People of Scotland. Nature Needs You. And swift bricks could be mandated in Scotland if we work together now. The RSPB Scotland has this e-action for anyone based in Scotland action.rspb.org.uk/page/181323/...
Ask your MSP to act for Scotland's wildlife.
MSPs will debate one of the most important nature bills in a generation on the 19th of November.
Take action and make sure they back a strong Bill that protects wildlife, not weakens it.
action.rspb.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM
People of Scotland. Nature Needs You. And swift bricks could be mandated in Scotland if we work together now. The RSPB Scotland has this e-action for anyone based in Scotland action.rspb.org.uk/page/181323/...
First bird of my day: ‘my’ Dunnock puffed up like the Michelin man in the sudden cold. The sky has that certain quality that spells out snow. Brrrr. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
November 19, 2025 at 7:45 AM
First bird of my day: ‘my’ Dunnock puffed up like the Michelin man in the sudden cold. The sky has that certain quality that spells out snow. Brrrr. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
SCOTLAND has a chance to be the swift heroes with a swift brick amendment going into the Natural Environment Bill curtesy of Mark Ruskell who’s an all-round good egg. Right now, you can help by using this e-action action.rspb.org.uk/page/181323/... and there will be more to follow…
Ask your MSP to act for Scotland's wildlife.
MSPs will debate one of the most important nature bills in a generation on the 19th of November.
Take action and make sure they back a strong Bill that protects wildlife, not weakens it.
action.rspb.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
SCOTLAND has a chance to be the swift heroes with a swift brick amendment going into the Natural Environment Bill curtesy of Mark Ruskell who’s an all-round good egg. Right now, you can help by using this e-action action.rspb.org.uk/page/181323/... and there will be more to follow…
First bird of my day: a robin singing in a tree who I peered at for ages until I saw his tiny feathered frame. Thank goodness for the robin on this dreary day where the cold has set in. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
November 18, 2025 at 7:52 AM
First bird of my day: a robin singing in a tree who I peered at for ages until I saw his tiny feathered frame. Thank goodness for the robin on this dreary day where the cold has set in. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
Reposted by Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner
This is one of my favourite pieces so far as The Times emphasises how AMAZING swifts are & how small the ask of swift bricks is, illustrating how pathetic Labour are being. www.thetimes.com/comment/the-...
November 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This is one of my favourite pieces so far as The Times emphasises how AMAZING swifts are & how small the ask of swift bricks is, illustrating how pathetic Labour are being. www.thetimes.com/comment/the-...
First bird of my day: a wren, impossibly small and even more impossibly dry. A feathered acorn flying just across my feet in a fit of musical complaints. I left immediately. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
November 17, 2025 at 7:43 AM
First bird of my day: a wren, impossibly small and even more impossibly dry. A feathered acorn flying just across my feet in a fit of musical complaints. I left immediately. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
This is one of my favourite pieces so far as The Times emphasises how AMAZING swifts are & how small the ask of swift bricks is, illustrating how pathetic Labour are being. www.thetimes.com/comment/the-...
November 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This is one of my favourite pieces so far as The Times emphasises how AMAZING swifts are & how small the ask of swift bricks is, illustrating how pathetic Labour are being. www.thetimes.com/comment/the-...
“All this ethereal summer visitor asks is help in finding a spot. Labour however cares nothing for this miracle. …. This is wrong. Swifties everywhere must fly to the aid of this marvel of the air.” - The Times
November 16, 2025 at 8:57 AM
“All this ethereal summer visitor asks is help in finding a spot. Labour however cares nothing for this miracle. …. This is wrong. Swifties everywhere must fly to the aid of this marvel of the air.” - The Times
First bird of my day: a Dunnock zipping into the hedge on the edge of a wood, camouflaged within the grey mist. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
November 16, 2025 at 7:25 AM
First bird of my day: a Dunnock zipping into the hedge on the edge of a wood, camouflaged within the grey mist. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
First bird of my day: somewhat unbelievably, a pair of Great spotted woodpeckers followed immediately by a pair of Cormorants. It has been raining alot. Maybe they’re off to Noah’s Ark. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
November 15, 2025 at 7:41 AM
First bird of my day: somewhat unbelievably, a pair of Great spotted woodpeckers followed immediately by a pair of Cormorants. It has been raining alot. Maybe they’re off to Noah’s Ark. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
First bird of my day: a sparrow, looking impossibly dry, like velvet, after a wet night. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
November 14, 2025 at 7:49 AM
First bird of my day: a sparrow, looking impossibly dry, like velvet, after a wet night. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
Reposted by Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner
Labour peer blocks plans for nesting brick to aid endangered swifts
The former head of the RSPB voted against plans to make swift bricks mandatory in all new housing
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
The former head of the RSPB voted against plans to make swift bricks mandatory in all new housing
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Labour peer blocks plans for nesting brick to aid endangered swifts
The former head of the RSPB voted against plans to make swift bricks mandatory in all new housing
www.thetimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Labour peer blocks plans for nesting brick to aid endangered swifts
The former head of the RSPB voted against plans to make swift bricks mandatory in all new housing
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
The former head of the RSPB voted against plans to make swift bricks mandatory in all new housing
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...