Clarkson’s Farm star Hannah Bourne-Taylor has responded to viewer criticism following her appearance on the Prime Video show with a humorous bird-naming challenge video
Jeremy Clarkson invited bird enthusiast Hannah Bourne-Taylor to Clarkson’s Farm(Image: Instagram/ @hannahbirdlady)
Clarkson’s Farm is back for its fifth series documenting another year of past Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson managing his Cotswolds farm in what has been described as the most ‘personal’ series yet.
Among the fresh faces on the program was Hannah Bourne-Taylor, who Jeremy invited to the farm after expressing concern about the absence of common farmland birds on his property. Jeremy proved himself to be a passionate bird enthusiast, keen to improve the farm’s protection of its avian residents.
Hannah’s devotion to birds was immediately evident as she reacted with visible delight when she saw and heard some uncommon species. She also left Jeremy absolutely delighted when she revealed that she had allowed a bird to nest in her hair for 84 days.
Yet Hannah soon found herself at odds with the farmhand Caleb CooperAfter discovering that endangered nesting birds and their young would die if they continued to plow the field earmarked for harvest, reports Gloucestershire Live.
The program showed Jeremy weighing up both perspectives on the matter, with Kaleb arguing that they couldn’t afford to wait weeks for the birds to leave their nests. Eventually they reached a compromise that allowed them to protect the birds while still harvesting the fields.
Nevertheless, some viewers weren’t impressed with Hannah, who took to social media to suggest she had been “rude” to Kaleb while explaining why he couldn’t harvest the field that day. Taking to Redditcommented one user: “I just thought she came across as really rude and there were points I thought she was going to storm off the set.
“She literally just met these people who are doing their best for their livestock and she acted like they were unscrupulous idiots who killed baby birds for fun,” they continued.
The comments section quickly filled with people weighing in as several users began to speculate whether Hannah might be neurodivergent, interpreting her enthusiasm for birds as potential evidence of autism, despite the fact that she had never disclosed such information publicly.
Nevertheless, it appears that Hannah has now addressed the ‘allegations’ as another Reddit user shared a link to one of her Instagram post and writes: “She has responded to the allegations. What a gem.”
In the clip, Hannah can be seen standing in a field dressed in denim shorts and a red plaid shirt tied around her waist. She stated: “So the internet has diagnosed me with autism, so this is my impression of Rain Man in light of hitting 100,000 followers, I’ll try to say 100 birds.”
She continued reeling off different bird names, starting with tit, including blue tit and great tit. She moved on to seabirds, such as puffins, auks and various species of gulls.
She then listed farm birds, which had become a major talking point during her Clarkson’s Farm appearance, before rattling off every other species of bird that came to mind. The video’s comments section was quickly flooded with glowing responses, with one admirer writing: “You star Hannah”.
Another viewer also chimed in, adding: “All I know is that I’m now standing in my garden with my Merlin app and hearing things I’ve missed for 50 years, so thanks for that, it’s amazing.”
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