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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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

A Good Day for Swifts

Monday was a brilliant day for South Manchester Swifts.  About a year’s teamwork culminated in twenty boxes being installed in one day. I’ve attached a few pictures.  Originally, we’d been

RSPB visits our Chorlton Swift Streets

Swift flying from a rooftop. Photo by Carl bovis.

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