Sheffield Swift Network

29/04/2026

𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱'𝘀 𝘀𝘄𝗶𝗳𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿?

Join us to survey around 600 homes in S5 & S9 - ahead of the Council's re-roofing next year - to help save nests and provide more homes.

📅 Tues & Thurs evenings from 26 May

🕣 An hour before dusk till light fades

✔️ Join as often (or as little) as you like

📋 No experience needed. Training and support provided.

🚗 Mileage expenses covered, & we’ll try to arrange lift shares to reduce car use.

Please share widely - and thank you for supporting Sheffield’s swifts 🙏

👇 Click to sign up or to find out more.

This summer, Sheffield Swift Network is running a survey of around 600 homes in S5 and S9 to find out exactly where these amazing birds are nesting – ahead of the Council’s re-roofing program…

29/04/2026

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑶𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑻𝒂𝒚𝒍𝒐𝒓 𝑺𝒘𝒊𝒇𝒕 - a stunning film, with shots to die for, expertly woven together by Justin Anderson, and a powerful tribute to the dedication, skill, and round-the-clock care it takes to look after swifts.

Louise Bentley of Bolton And Bury Swifts describes rehab as her calling, and the film makes it clear why. Watch it here👇

https://www.theothertaylorswift.org/
password: swiftsanctuary123

The heart-warming story of an incredible woman and her love for an amazing bird. A campaign to save the endangered Swift.

26/04/2026

𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝘄𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 👀✨
Have you seen your first one yet? Let us know where in the comments.

We’ve had two separate reports from Totley - our earliest records there! - and Heeley - all on the 25th April 2026, so the swifts are definitely arriving 🥳

Don’t forget to add your sightings to Swift Mapper too. Those records really help protect swifts and their nesting places.👇

https://www.rspb.org.uk/helping-nature/what-we-do/protecting-species-and-habitats/swift-conservation-take-part-in-swift-mapper

25/04/2026

Huge respect to Deborah Pitman whose persistence made this happen - and everyone involved at Chapel Viaduct 👏

Swift nest holes are now drilled, and nest boxes installed - a real win for these incredible birds.

This is why surveys matter: if we don’t know where they are, we can’t protect them. 🐦💛

24/04/2026

A huge. thanks to Sam for this beautiful new Sheffield Swift Network banner! 🖤🧡

Made with vibrant African wax fabrics, it’s full of colour, movement and joy - perfect for catching attention and sparking conversations about swifts.

We also love the shared African roots of both the swifts and the fabrics. Absolutely fantastic work Sam, thank you! 🙌

It’s heartwarming to see such a brilliant collective effort across Sheffield to protect our swifts.

Get in touch if you'd like advice about helping swifts in your corner of Sheffield.👇
https://sheffieldswiftnetwork.org/

21/03/2026

🕊️ Swifts on our banknotes? Yes, please! 💷

The always-inspiring Hannah Bourne-Taylor is leading the charge to get these extraordinary birds the recognition they deserve - and what better tribute than to see them flying across our currency!

Check out The Guardian’s piece celebrating wild British icons that could grace our new notes 👇

Animals will feature on £5, £10, £20 and £50 notes, the Bank of England says, but which creatures should make the cut?

16/03/2026

Back in September 2025, Sheffield’s Swifts got a huge boost, as 61 Action for Swifts nest bricks were fitted by Nestworks in the Shire Brook Valley.

Our latest website update brings the whole story together - the inspiration behind the project, a short film, photos, and how Sheffield City Council’s Species Survival Fund helped make it all happen.

Take a look and see how local action can help Swifts thrive.

Sheffield Swift Network has installed 61 swift nesting bricks and 10 attraction callers into houses in Hackenthorpe and Woodhouse around the Shire Brook Valley.  🎥 Watch the following short fi…

15/02/2026

Great to see new Council Housing being built in the City, and better still that it includes swift bricks, bat boxes and hedgehog highways for our endangered urban wildlife. 🏡💚

Well done 👏

20/01/2026

Following our advice, we're thrilled to see new nesting spaces for swifts installed at Spartan Works - part of Sheffield’s Attercliffe Waterside development.

Huge thanks to Gary Coe and the team at Rize Construction Ltd, and to CITU, for funding safe homes for these 'Red Listed' birds.

These nest sites will give swifts a secure place to return and raise their young for years to come, a great example of development and biodiversity working hand in hand.

𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘄𝗶𝗳𝘁-𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵 - 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗶𝗼.