Men in Sheds – Nest Box heroes

September 3, 2025 0 Comments 1 tag

All South Manchester Swifts’ nestboxes have been made by the members of Heatons’ Men in Sheds.  They deserve much more than the odd mentions we give them so I visited

More Chorlton Swift Enthusiasts

July 29, 2025 0 Comments 0 tags

Over a year ago now, some of our members in Chorlton held a meeting to gauge interest in creating a Swift Street in the area.  Up to then, South Manchester

RSPB visits our Chorlton Swift Streets

Swift flying from a rooftop. Photo by Carl bovis.
May 26, 2025 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 Street at Egerton Road South. They walked round with Roshni

Celebrating Manchester’s first Swift Street

Installing swift boxes on Chorlton's Swift Street.
May 17, 2025 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 ‘Swift Street’ with support from South Manchester Swifts: Monday 7th

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 0 Comments 0 tags

Mapping Swifts in South Manchester is vitally important to help us understand the local population numbers and distribution. The most simple tool to map your Swift nest boxes is the

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 0 Comments 0 tags

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

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 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 install more swift boxes in the area to support the

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 0 Comments 0 tags

SMS member Jude Benson has been working hard in the Chorlton area this year to galvanise residents around the idea of swift boxes. The project is building momentum and here

NEXT MEETING: Thursday 23rd October, 7pm

Photograph of The Albert Club in the sunshine with a blue sky above it.
September 28, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

VENUE: The Albert Club, Old Lansdowne Rd, M20 2PA Our next monthly meeting will be at the usual venue, The Albert Club, Old Lansdowne Rd, M20 2PA on Thursday 19th

New Swift Box and Lure in West Didsbury already attracting visitors

July 9, 2024 0 Comments 7 tags

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