Hannah Bourne-Taylor
@WriterHannahBT
Environmentalist. Author of FLEDGLING Lit Agent @AgentSophieL Creator of #TheFeatherSpeech a national campaign for swifts 🪶 #PassionIsASuperpower
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Whoever wins OUR vote should only be our voice by showing nature leadership - for all our sakes. Easiest step: mandate swift bricks - simple, urgently essential, nesting habitat for swifts&our most accessible touch point to nature- urban birds. WE have the power. #GeneralElection
Scrapping planning permission for farm buildings creates extra need to mandate swift bricks Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities Michael Gove You’ve made it EVEN harder for cavity nesting birds to find nesting habitat. The least you could do is mitigate this further loss Zac Goldsmith
In the recent Biodiversity Loss debate Nature Minister Rebecca Pow stated 'There is a biodiversity metric on swift bricks.'
This it not true.
One swift way of ensuring voters feel unheard 19 months into this hugely supported swift brick campaign wcl.org.uk/docs/Link_lett…
First bird of my day: the sparrows in the rain, sheltered by the apple tree in a little world of glistening green. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
THIS! All the public (voters!), conservation NGOs&cross-party politicians led by Zac Goldsmith are asking for is THIS. Our home is their home. Michael Gove this isn’t rocket science but it is urgently essential.
First bird of my day: a raven cronking as it flew over the village under an unusually dark sky. So dark the sky looked heavy like rain was about to tumble down from it. Now I stand under May trees as the rain falls, to the sound of skylarks. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
Hannah Bourne-Taylor Is this an occasion for joy, or for sorrow? This evening I have spotted a solitary swift, the first I’ve seen this year. I can only hope it won’t be the last.
Hannah Bourne-Taylor I've forgotten what #MyFirstBirdoftheDay actually was because I just looked out the office window and... SWIFT! First one of the year for me. Swooping over the neighbourhood. 🤞it, or its friends, notice our nest boxes to use next year (if not this!).
Did I mention... SWIFT!
First bird of my day: a swallow flying low across the field, slaloming between jackdaws on the ground. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
THIS! All the public (voters!), conservation NGOs&cross-party politicians led by Zac Goldsmith are asking for is THIS. Our home is their home. Michael Gove this isn’t rocket science but it is urgently essential.
NO, swiftbricks added to local plans will NOT be effective stated by govt ecologists
NO, housebuilders arent incl enough swiftbricks
NO, BNG doesnt include swiftbricks
Without 🐦⬛🧱there's no secure nesting habitat
Urgent national installation is needed
Alex Sobel MP 🟣 Zac Goldsmith
out of all the urgently vital biodiversity issues the govt COULD help prevent these iconic spices decline further EASILY with a swift brick requirement to Building Regs&engage with the problem & solution that Zac Goldsmith,experts &I have presented theguardian.com/environment/ar…