There’s a steely glint in Hannah Bourne-Taylor’s eye. It speaks of challenges faced head-on, and of defiance against the system. I wonder for a moment if this is how it felt to talk to a suffragette. But no – unlike the feathered-hat-wearing Emmeline Pankhurst, Hannah would have been Emily Williamson, campaigning against the slaughter of wild birds for fashion, leading to the creation of the RSPB.
Like Williamson, Hannah is driven by a powerful cause and passion for the natural world. She’s an author, campaigner and conservationist known as ‘Bird Woman’. Quite simply, she just loves birds and ...
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