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| Delight for Hannah when she spots a Corn Bunting |
AUTHOR Hannah Bourne-Taylor, who is best known for her high-profile campaigning for Swifts, has a main role in the penultimate episode of the last series of Clarkson's Farm on Amazon TV.
She helps him to track down - by sound - species such as Garden Warbler and Blackcap whose songs she likens to speeded up versions of Maria Carey.
There is also delight for her when, elsewhere, she locates both Corn Bunting and Yellowhammer.
During the course of the series, Clarkson has become increasingly fascinated by birds such that he is keen to encourage them - especially those, such as Skylarks, in decline because of changing farming practices (including those used on his farm).
At one point, Hannah finds herself at loggerheads with the presenter's farm manager, Kaleb Cooper, who is insistent on taking two silage crops per annum - a practice that is thought to be destructive to nesting larks many of whose eggs and chicks fall victim to the heavy duty grass-cutting machinery.
There is also a sequence where Clarkson engages the services of a drone operator with thermal camera in an attempt - unsuccessful - to locate by heat-spot potential nesting site for Skylarks.
The programme is fascinating but requires a subscription to Amazon Prime to be viewed on home TVs.
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| Birder-campaigner Hannah Bourne-Taylor offers species ID info to Jeremy Clarkson on his farm |
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