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

In front of the Fletcher Moss Cafe on Sunday, June the 28th 10.30am – 4pm Walk round to the back of the Croft at Fletcher Moss Gardens, inspect the wall

Swifts as Sound Art

It was last October when South Manchester Swifts received an email from Vivian Cheung, an MA student at Manchester University.  She was studying Electroacoustic composition, specialising in field recording, soundscapes

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