Supporting swifts

 

Swift boxes have been going up all over Chapel - have you spotted one? Have you got one?!

We now have at least 16 new Swift Boxes up around the Parish in the first phase of our Swift Conservation effort, and we are hoping to make more boxes will be available throughout the next few months so please get in touch if you could host one.

Swifts have been spotted since early May, including at the allotments, Eccles Road, Bowden Lane, and Beresford Road. Keep posting sightings on our Facebook Group!

While we're all super keen to see swifts nesting, we know it’s unlikely the boxes will be occupied in the first year. But eventually, as colonies build over the coming years, we will be helping this amazing little bird thrive in our Parish. 

If you want to know more, have a look at our page on swifts or join a swift event:

There's a few events in Derbyshire that are being held as part of Swift Awareness Week Sat 28th June - Sun 6th July 2025.  See Action for Swifts: SAW events 2025.  

Our friends in Nature New Mills are holding a New Mills Swift Walk on 7 July.