We’re at the Hillsborough Park Midsummer Festival
S6 Swifts have a stall at this year’s festival on Sunday 18th June. Come and see us and our display of information, boxes and bricks! We’re looking forward to meeting many of you and answering any questions you may have. For other ‘swifty’ events around Sheffield, visit SSN for more information.
Where are our swifts and swift nests? Report your sightings!
S6 Swifts, as part of the Sheffield Swift Network, are asking if you can help record your swift sightings and swift nests. We have developed a comprehensive guide and an easy to use form for you to complete here. If we know where they are, we have a far better chance in protecting them. Please…
Come help make a Scream of Swifts – Sun 15th & 22nd January – Abbeyfield Park
Patrick Amber and Jan-Erik Bullet who made the fantastic swift for the Sheffield Swift Network’s recent petition presentation at the Sheffield Town Hall will be hosting 2 workshops, making a Scream of Swifts! All swifts made will be used for SSN’s forthcoming publicity and campaign events. They will be making swifts out of willow, tissue…
We’re proud to be a part of the Sheffield Swift Network
This year, S6 Swifts joined forces with other Sheffield swift groups to form the Sheffield Swift Network. We have been extremely busy as a result, working with a broader Sheffield team to champion swifts on several fronts. We’re still working to save swifts on a local level, but if you’re interested in the work of…
The Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust have made a short film about us!
We’re very humbled to be the subject of a short film made about us by the SRWT. You can view it here.
We’ve been busy in the media over the last few days
S6 Swifts’ recent fitting of swift boxes at Malin Bridge School led to alot of media interest. On Friday we were featured in the lunchtime and evening bulletins of BBC Look North, together with Ian from the Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust and some very enthusiastic pupils! Thank you Look North for such a lovely…
Thank you to everyone who came to the Sheffield Swift Summit
S6 Swifts joined the other members of the newly formed Sheffield Swift Network at the very first Sheffield Swift Summit hosted by the Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust! We were amongst the guest speakers and (hopefully) entertained everyone with our story so far and our plans for the future. It was an enjoyable evening had…
First Ever Sheffield Swift Summit – 7th July 2022 @ 7pm – Sheffield Hallam University.
We are very excited to be a part of the inaugural Sheffield Swift Summit, hosted by the Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust. This is an evening dedicated to swifts with special guest Sarah Gibson, author of Swifts and Us. You will also find out what our newly formed Sheffield Swift Network have been up to…
260 new nest spaces for this year’s swifts.
After today’s fittings we have managed to top 260 new nest spaces and it’s all thanks to each and every one of you that have taken part in our 9 month long nest box scheme that was only supposed to run for a couple of weeks. We are keeping everything crossed that swifts will adopt…
Malin Bridge School gets swift boxes!
Today we visited Malin Bridge School who have joined the movement in trying to help our lovely swifts! We fitted a total of 10 nest spaces in the form of 3 bespoke apex boxes that were fund raised by the very generous parents and local community, and a further box thanks to the Sheffield Vulcan…
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