southmanchesterswifts, Author at South Manchester Swifts

Atwood Rd, Didsbury – The making of a new Swift Street?

December 12, 2025 southmanchesterswifts 0 Comments 0 tags

There was great excitement in South Manchester Swifts when our Chorlton members created first one, and then a second Swift ...

Men in Sheds – Nest Box heroes

September 3, 2025 southmanchesterswifts 0 Comments 1 tag

All South Manchester Swifts’ nestboxes have been made by the members of Heatons’ Men in Sheds. They deserve much more ...

More Chorlton Swift Enthusiasts

July 29, 2025 southmanchesterswifts 0 Comments 0 tags

Over a year ago now, some of our members in Chorlton held a meeting to gauge interest in creating a ...

RSPB visits our Chorlton Swift Streets

Swift flying from a rooftop. Photo by Carl bovis.

May 26, 2025 southmanchesterswifts 0 Comments 0 tags

Written by Pam Siddons, SMS Chair Eight people from RSPB England’s Leadership Team visited Chorlton recently to see our Swift ...

Celebrating Manchester’s first Swift Street

Installing swift boxes on Chorlton's Swift Street.

May 17, 2025 southmanchesterswifts 0 Comments 5 tags

Chorlton resident Caroline Pinney shares an update from the neighbourhood where a group of local residents have created Manchester’s first ...

How to map your Swift nest boxes

A screenshot of the Swift Mapper map view, showing various pins across a map of south Manchester.

February 15, 2025 southmanchesterswifts 0 Comments 0 tags

Mapping Swifts in South Manchester is vitally important to help us understand the local population numbers and distribution. The most ...

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)

January 18, 2025 southmanchesterswifts 0 Comments 0 tags

If you live in Greater Manchester you have until the end of January to have your say on the GM ...

Funding Boost for Didsbury Colony

SMS Secretary Andy stands in front of a seated audience making a speech with a project image of a swift box on the wall behind him.

November 12, 2024 southmanchesterswifts 0 Comments 0 tags

November marked the opening for applications to Didsbury’s local Neighbourhood Investment Fund, and South Manchester Swifts applied with a proposal to ...

Creating a Chorlton ‘Swift Street’

A group of 12 people sit around a long white table and look to the camera which is facing down the length of the table.

November 1, 2024 southmanchesterswifts 0 Comments 0 tags

SMS member Jude Benson has been working hard in the Chorlton area this year to galvanise residents around the idea ...

NEXT MEETING: Tuesday 14th April 2026

Photograph of The Albert Club in the sunshine with a blue sky above it.

September 28, 2024 southmanchesterswifts 0 Comments 0 tags

VENUE: The Albert Club, Old Lansdowne Rd, M20 2PA Our next monthly meeting will be at the usual venue, The ...