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…
A gift from Emma to our lovely swifts.
We have been very lucky and eternally grateful to Emma’s family and friends who donated to S6 Swifts in her memory as she requested. It means we can do awesome things for swifts like donate 2 much needed boxes where swifts sites have just had their nests destroyed / blocked by recent roof work. Hopefully…
We’re offering a full advice service
Hi Everyone. We are taking a well earned break from the current swift-box scheme which we have ran alongside our full time jobs and families. However this should not stop anyone from getting a box so we are still offering a full advice service which you can use simply by competing the enquiry form below.…
It will soon be time to play those calls!
I’m sure many of you will be keeping your fingers crossed that our African migrants will choose your new box for their new nests this year. These things take time (even years) but the important thing is these guys will have more options. One way to gain their interest is to mimic the calls of…
More fittings in February – and 150 nest spaces so far!
Another 2 fitting days in February saw our total nest spaces top 150 as we start to ramp up before these beautiful birds embark on that epic journey back to our shores. Little do they know what’s been happening whilst they’ve been away! We’ve definitely started 2022 as we ended 2021 with a constant stream…
We provided 117 nest spaces in 2021. We look forward to providing many more in 2022.
It has been a rollercoaster year for S6 Swifts. We were founded, we reached out to the public with an idea, and the public thought it was great. So we ordered boxes, fitted them, gave advice and went from strength to strength. It’s been an incredible journey so far and the timing has never been…
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