‘Harry Potter’ star thought birdwatchers were paparazzi

Emma Watson once mistook a group of birdwatchers for paparazzi.

The Harry Potter star, 36, was convinced her family home had become a target for

photographers trying to snap her picture when she saw a group of people standing outside

armed with cameras. But Watson soon found out they were just trying to capture images of

a rare bird and weren’t interested in her at all.

During a speech at the United for Wildlife Business Forum in London hosted by Prince

William’s The Royal Foundation, Watson explained: “I was in my living room and I saw all

these men outside with very long lenses. And I thought: “Urgh, today’s the day it’s

happened. My goodness.”.

“So she (her mother) went outside to address them and their long lenses and I snuck out to

go the other way. And it turned out the men with the long lenses were actually not there for

me at all.

“They were there for a very, very rare bird, which is called a red kite. And they were trying

to basically break into my back garden because they thought that one of these red kites was

in our backyard.”

Watson went on to reveal she let the group of birdwatchers into the garden so they could

attempt to photograph the rare bird.

She added: “Conservationists have managed to bring them [red kites] back.”

The event was held on behalf of the Royal Foundation’s United for Wildlife programme and

the Prince of Wales also made a speech in which he urged global business leaders to do

more to help the environment.

He said: “You have the power to influence, your voice matters in your business, your

direction matters and here more than anything, your leadership matters.

“Many of you can be more ambitious and courageous in what you do for the planet and for

the environment.

“Be the leader you wanted to be when you were growing up, not the one you are in the

business right now. Touch into what you were when you were a child and what you wanted

to see the world, and bring those values to light as a CEO.

“More specifically, technology and innovation, we are seeing such a change in that, please

embrace that for good.”