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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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NEXT MEETING: 7pm Thursday 27th August, 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 ...
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New Swift Box and Lure in West Didsbury already attracting visitors

July 9, 2024 southmanchesterswifts 0 Comments 7 tags
A swift box newly installed in Stratford Avenue, West Didsbury already has a pair of nesting swifts and others visiting ...
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Bash that Balsam!  Saturday June 29th

June 8, 2024 southmanchesterswifts 0 Comments 8 tags
Friends of Fletcher Moss are taking on the Himalayan Balsam plants in the park and surrounding area before their exploding ...
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Swifts in the News

May 27, 2024 southmanchesterswifts 0 Comments 6 tags
Just a few examples of how South Manchester Swifts have been working to promote swifts in the local south Manchester ...
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Northenden Golf Club

May 2, 2024 southmanchesterswifts 0 Comments 8 tags
Rebuilt in 2018 after a devastating fire, Northenden Golf Club is now a modern brick building with high, straight walls ...
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A Good Day for Swifts

April 25, 2024 southmanchesterswifts 0 Comments 5 tags
Monday was a brilliant day for South Manchester Swifts.  About a year’s teamwork culminated in twenty boxes being installed in ...
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