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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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
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
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...
Reposted by Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner
Currently front page of The Times online:-
How many obstacles will our iconic swifts have to wade through to just catch a break?
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
How many obstacles will our iconic swifts have to wade through to just catch a break?
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 7:50 PM
Currently front page of The Times online:-
How many obstacles will our iconic swifts have to wade through to just catch a break?
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
How many obstacles will our iconic swifts have to wade through to just catch a break?
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Currently front page of The Times online:-
How many obstacles will our iconic swifts have to wade through to just catch a break?
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
How many obstacles will our iconic swifts have to wade through to just catch a break?
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 7:50 PM
Currently front page of The Times online:-
How many obstacles will our iconic swifts have to wade through to just catch a break?
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
How many obstacles will our iconic swifts have to wade through to just catch a break?
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Reposted by Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner
What on earth was the reason for the 3 line whip to vote this down? The Labour party supported the swift brick amendment when it was tabled on Conservative government legislation in 2023. Why has it gone from supporting swift bricks in opposition to imposing a 3 line whip to block them in government
In 2023, the Labour party supported mandating swift bricks, whipping FOR the swifts brick amendment. 2 years later, the same Ministers in charge of Housing put a 3 line whip (the most extreme block) AGAINST swift bricks. Listen to the strength of support in this powerful speech.
November 13, 2025 at 10:14 AM
What on earth was the reason for the 3 line whip to vote this down? The Labour party supported the swift brick amendment when it was tabled on Conservative government legislation in 2023. Why has it gone from supporting swift bricks in opposition to imposing a 3 line whip to block them in government
In 2023, the Labour party supported mandating swift bricks, whipping FOR the swifts brick amendment. 2 years later, the same Ministers in charge of Housing put a 3 line whip (the most extreme block) AGAINST swift bricks. Listen to the strength of support in this powerful speech.
November 13, 2025 at 8:36 AM
In 2023, the Labour party supported mandating swift bricks, whipping FOR the swifts brick amendment. 2 years later, the same Ministers in charge of Housing put a 3 line whip (the most extreme block) AGAINST swift bricks. Listen to the strength of support in this powerful speech.
First bird of my day: a sparrowhawk sitting on the roof looking at me with her marmalade eyes as she plans a morning breakfast raid. She is a rare sighting. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours.
November 13, 2025 at 7:16 AM
First bird of my day: a sparrowhawk sitting on the roof looking at me with her marmalade eyes as she plans a morning breakfast raid. She is a rare sighting. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours.
Reposted by Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner
BAD NEWS! Should the swift brick vote have taken place earlier today we would have won. Tories whipped YES but by the time of the vote, support had gone home just like 2 years ago. It is an AGONISING reality. Tell your MP & steve.reed.mp@parliament.uk what you think. GUTTED.
November 3, 2025 at 11:42 PM
BAD NEWS! Should the swift brick vote have taken place earlier today we would have won. Tories whipped YES but by the time of the vote, support had gone home just like 2 years ago. It is an AGONISING reality. Tell your MP & steve.reed.mp@parliament.uk what you think. GUTTED.
First bird of my day: crow. This must be a hat trick. Hardly seen any other birds over the last few days so I’m grateful for the dark feathered shapes beating their wings through the gloomy dawn. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
November 12, 2025 at 7:28 AM
First bird of my day: crow. This must be a hat trick. Hardly seen any other birds over the last few days so I’m grateful for the dark feathered shapes beating their wings through the gloomy dawn. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
First bird of my day: a crow flying right above me, its silhouette revealing scraggly feathers. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
November 11, 2025 at 8:15 AM
First bird of my day: a crow flying right above me, its silhouette revealing scraggly feathers. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
First bird of my day: a blackbird spurting through the mist doing a sped up version of Darth Vader. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
November 10, 2025 at 7:33 AM
First bird of my day: a blackbird spurting through the mist doing a sped up version of Darth Vader. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
First bird of my day: the familiar chuck-chuck-chuck of a jackdaw above me shrouded in mist. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
November 9, 2025 at 7:13 AM
First bird of my day: the familiar chuck-chuck-chuck of a jackdaw above me shrouded in mist. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
First bird of my day: (a great excitment) a raven, heard first, cronking and then I spied it flying through the grey sky. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
November 8, 2025 at 7:37 AM
First bird of my day: (a great excitment) a raven, heard first, cronking and then I spied it flying through the grey sky. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
First bird of my day: surprised to see a goldfinch flying across the traffic, until I realised why: there is a glorious patch of thistles on the road verge. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
November 7, 2025 at 7:22 AM
First bird of my day: surprised to see a goldfinch flying across the traffic, until I realised why: there is a glorious patch of thistles on the road verge. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
First bird of my day: a pigeon strutting through the leaves. All it needed was a soundtrack. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
November 6, 2025 at 7:46 AM
First bird of my day: a pigeon strutting through the leaves. All it needed was a soundtrack. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
First bird of my day: a robin singing in the dark. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
November 5, 2025 at 6:46 AM
First bird of my day: a robin singing in the dark. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
First bird of my day: a pigeon sitting nearby on the icy-clad wall instantly making this grey gloomy dawn magical. The pigeon, after all, is a dinosaur. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
November 4, 2025 at 6:59 AM
First bird of my day: a pigeon sitting nearby on the icy-clad wall instantly making this grey gloomy dawn magical. The pigeon, after all, is a dinosaur. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours