Nature Needs You: The Fight to Save Our Swifts

‘A voice for nature’ Emma Marsh, RSPB ‘A true mark of courage is the willingness to be vulnerable. Putting yourself on the line, nakedly so in Hannah’s case, is the mark of a young woman who faces the challenge of making nature count. Courage is not fatalistic, nor does it follow the crowd to bland acceptance, it is stepping up and standing out. I applaud Hannah’s book; her inner steel and her sassy take on conservation are inspiring. I am so heartened that there are courage-driven young women holding nature in the light so that it WILL be seen by the powerful.’ Mary Colwell, author of Curlew Moon ‘An inspirational book that screams with urgency, bravery, heartache and hope. By the end you'll be flocking to take swift action of your own to protect a world that needs us as much as we need it.’ Matt Gaw, author of In All Weathers   ‘This book might make you scream. It is the story of a fight that started with a promise to a small bird. It is about bird spirit and the spirit of a very singular human. Hannah Bourne-Taylor has a searing eye for both truth and charlatans. It is candid, courageous, powerful and profound. It is also riveting and nothing short of revelatory. Hannah is a hero of our times who pitted herself against giants and the dark business of vested interests. In the process, she is shamed, humiliated, trolled, disappointed, and let down. She becomes ‘a pest’ buzzing in their ears, and hopefully their conscience, and thank god, she will continue to be one.‘ Keggie Carew, author of Beastly   ‘Hannah Bourne-Taylor is doing for swifts what Mary Colwell is doing for curlews. In a country where growth of consumption is the only game in town, we desperately need people like Hannah to call the governments and vested interests to account. A wonderful book that will make you furious, hopeful and inspired by turns. Buy it, read it and then become an activist yourself.’ Roger Morgan-Grenville, author of Shearwaters   ‘A compelling and powerful story of magnificent determination and love for the natural world. We need more people like Hannah.’ Lev Parikian ‘We save what we love. Reading Hannah’s story, compellingly told, you will fall in love with these increasingly endangered birds, true masters of the sky, and realise we must work together to save them.’ Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace  Praise for Hannah Bourne-Taylor’s debut nature memoir Fledgling: ‘Intelligent, poetic and moving.’ THE OBSERVER ‘Thoughtful, entrancing and beguilingly honest’ WILLIAM BOYD ‘A story of hope, Fledgling gladdens the heart’ STEPHEN MOSS ‘A haunting and joyously immersive book’ RICHARD GIRLING ‘Heart-rending and heart-mending, Fledgling kindles a fierce fire and sense of protection for the wild’ JULIAN HOFFMAN ‘A tender, passionate and absorbing memoir, shot through with love for the natural world.' LEV PARIKIAN