Hannah Bourne-Taylor

In 2013, she moved to Ghana with her husband, Robin Bourne-Taylor, a former Olympic rower and British Army officer. As a dependent spouse without a work visa, she faced isolation and struggled with OCD. During this time, she rescued and hand-reared wild birds, including a baby finch that lived in her hair for 84 days. This experience became the centerpiece of her memoir Fledgling, published in 2022, which has been described as intelligent, moving, and poetic.

Hannah is the creator of #TheFeatherSpeech, a national campaign launched in 2022 advocating for swifts and other red-listed cavity-nesting birds. The campaign's core demand is making 'swift bricks' compulsory in new UK housing developments, and it has gained significant attention, including a parliamentary petition and debate. She has been named on the 2024 ENDS Report green policymaking Power List, and her second book, Nature Needs You: The Fight To Save Our Swifts, was published in 2025. To draw attention to the cause, she has conducted high-profile protests, including marching nearly naked, body-painted as a bird with feathers, from Speaker's Corner to Downing Street in 2022. She described this tactic as strategic, inspired by figures like Lady Godiva, though it also exposed her to online misogyny. She is British, has brown hair and blue eyes, a slim build, and real natural breasts. Her Instagram following stands at 123k.