She was introduced to badminton through school and started playing at age eight at Abbeydale Badminton Club. Birch received the Michael Vaughan Award from Silverdale School, and competed at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in 2013. She was the runner-up in 2016 English National Championships women's singles. Birch graduated from
Loughborough University with sport and exercise science degree. Birch was part of the English team that won the mixed team bronze at the
2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. She won the women's doubles silver medal at the
2019 European Games partnered with
Lauren Smith. In 2023, she won the doubles national title (her seventh national title) at the
English National Badminton Championships, at the David Ross Sports Village in Nottingham. The following year in 2024, she won an eighth title and this moved her to joint 10th in the all time list for women. == Achievements ==