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Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner

@hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social

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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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Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social · Dec 10

BOOK NEWS 🪶 COVER REVEAL 📚 WOOOOP!

My new book

NATURE NEEDS YOU - The Fight To Save Our Swifts

Published by @eandtbooks

Out 1st May 2025

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#NatureNeedsYou #swifts #BookNews

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Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social · 5h

First bird of my day: the mist hid the garden birds and any birds near the road so this morning it was a rush of skylarks, summoned into the safe sky by my footsteps as they start on the seeds in the fields. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

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Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social · 1d

First bird of my day: a pigeon somehow say in the ivy, bulging out of it and yet perfectly balanced. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

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Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social · 2d

First bird of my day: a sparrow dashing into the shrub quick as a flash. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

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Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social · 3d

First bird of my day: the village jackdaws checking out the shop, looking highly suspicious. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

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Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social · 4d

First bird of my day: a troupe of long tailed tits making their way through the old hawthorn hedges of an old way. Speaking to each other as the berries glisten. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

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Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social · 4d

Look at the moon

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Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social · 5d

First bird of my day: the sparrows sheltering under the vine after a stormy night. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

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Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social · 6d

First bird of my day: a pigeon sitting in the rain above the traffic, the sound of raindrops hitting the rush of cars. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

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Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social · 6d

The front pages of the newspapers today sum up Dr #JaneGoodall DBE so well: amongst a world of scandal, sensationalism and political upheaval, Jane’s grace and empathy shines as a beacon of reason and wisdom. #RememberingJane

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Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social · 7d

First bird of my day: a female sparrow peeping out of the thatch, dedicated to the profoundly important and unique Dr #JaneGoodall DBE. I imagine the animal kingdom flocking to pay their respects to their greatest voice. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

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Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social · 8d

Wonderful!.. although these will be swallows - who are also incredible, and live similar lives to swifts and house martins and are also site loyal so your adult birds you helped, if they survived, will return to your garage in April after having flown all the way to central/South Africa and back!

Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social · 9d

CALLING THE WONDERFUL WELSH AND EVERYONE LIVING IN WALES - Please help swifts, the number one declining bird in Wales. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Find your MP in Wales here senedd.wales/find-a-membe... and ask them to speak at the swift brick debate at the Senedd on 1st October (tomorrow!)

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Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social · 9d

First bird of my day: the sparrows peeping out from the wisteria near the thatch… chirping, of course. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

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Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social · 9d

We’ve got weeks to convince people we elected that we dont want to be the 1st country to lose swifts esp when mandating a brick with a hole as we ‘build baby build’ would secure their homes. Email me at [email protected] to get a template to send to your MP

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Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social · 9d

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Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social · 11d

First bird of my day: an auburn wren crouching in the auburn bracken. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

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Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social · 12d

First bird of my day: a Dunnock in the gorse, in the grey light, looking out to sea. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

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Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social · 13d

First bird of my day: the spurting sound and catapulting dash of a blackbird, the morning as it should be. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

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Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social · 14d

First bird of my day: a crow steadily flying across the blue sky on a cold, sunny morning. Wonder where it’s going… and where it slept last night. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

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Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social · 15d

First bird of my day: the sparrow gang in full chirp mode. Sun up and shining, mist rising on another golden September day. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

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Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social · 16d

First bird of my day: the tick ticking of the garden robin appearing under the still-flowering cosmos as the village rooks fly overhead towards the fields, chattering. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

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Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social · 17d

First bird of my day: a red kite in the bright blue sky as September light cascades down on the hawthorn berries and apples, the leaves turning too. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

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Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social · 18d

First bird of my day: jackdaws strutting around on the road under an indigo sky, enjoying perhaps, the quieter morning of Sunday. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

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Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social · 18d

First bird of my day: jackdaws strutting around on the road under an indigo sky, enjoying perhaps, the quieter morning of Sunday. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

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Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social · 19d

First bird of my day: a peel of goldfinches, tinkling like bells as they flit from thistle to thistle. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

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