Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner

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

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

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

Look at the moon

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

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

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

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

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!

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!)

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

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 thefeatherspeech@gmail.com to get a template to send to your MP

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 thefeatherspeech@gmail.com to get a template to send to your MP

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ah. Nice.

Beautiful

First bird of my day: the garden robin who is one of the few birds hanging about in the garden at the moment. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

First bird of my day: a pair of jackdaws sitting opposite me on the roof looking as I opened the window. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

74 MPs have signed the EDM for swifts. WOOHOOO!!!!! If yours hasn’t, email thefeatherspeech@gmail.com for a template you can send to them. It’s so easy & also vital. And they can represent your view in about 2 minutes.

74 MPs have signed the EDM for swifts. WOOHOOO!!!!! If yours hasn’t, email thefeatherspeech@gmail.com for a template you can send to them. It’s so easy & also vital. And they can represent your view in about 2 minutes.

First bird of my day: a crow flying through the rain in an otherwise bird-free sky. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours