A swift box newly installed in Stratford Avenue, West Didsbury already has a pair of nesting swifts and others visiting the lure to check out the location. These 2 videos show swifts entering the nesting box and others attracted to the lure briefly perching next to it and flying off.

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You have until 31st Jan to help swifts in Greater Manchester

Purple wildflower meadow in Sale, Greater Manchester. Photo by Sue Langford (via flickr creative commons)

If you live in Greater Manchester you have until the end of January to have your say on the GM Local Nature Recovery Strategy and make sure the city is

Bash that Balsam!  Saturday June 29th

Friends of Fletcher Moss are taking on the Himalayan Balsam plants in the park and surrounding area before their exploding seedpods spread another generation of this invasive species far and

Northenden Golf Club

Rebuilt in 2018 after a devastating fire, Northenden Golf Club is now a modern brick building with high, straight walls of the type that are ideal for swift boxes.  The