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Living with a bird in your hair

Hannah Bourne-Taylor, author of Fledgling loved nature, but she became physically intertwined with it when a rescued wild finch nested in her hair for 84 days. Hannah was feeling isolated and without purpose after moving from London to Ghana, the finch...

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14.14 17 Jun 2022


Living with a bird in your hair


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14.14 17 Jun 2022


Hannah Bourne-Taylor, author of Fledgling loved nature, but she became physically intertwined with it when a rescued wild finch nested in her hair for 84 days.

Hannah was feeling isolated and without purpose after moving from London to Ghana, the finch gave her purpose, and she became very bonded to the bird. Hannah tells of their love story in her nature memoir ‘Fledgling’ which she sees as the finch’s legacy.


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