SWIFT DAY at Fletcher Moss – Celebrating Swift Bricks Sunday June 28th

June 4, 2026 0 Comments 0 tags
In front of the Fletcher Moss Cafe on Sunday, June the 28th 10.30am – 4pm Walk round to the back ...

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

December 12, 2025 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 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 0 Comments 0 tags
(Chorlton swift enthusiasts have moved on a great deal since this article was published. You can contact them directly through ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...