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Celebrate Our Swifts
Friday, 25 July 2025
- Time
- 13:00 - 17:00
- Venue
- Castletown Market Square, Isle Of Man, IM9 1LJ
- Price
- Free
Community celebration to raise awareness of Swifts on the Isle of Man and share ways we can all help their declining population.
Join Manx Bird Club (formerly Manx Ornithological Society) and Manx BirdLife for a community celebration to raise awareness of Swifts on the Isle of Man and share ways we can all help their declining population.
Contribute to a community Swift mural by local artist Eve Adams of ART squared Studio
Team up for the Swift Treasure Hunt
Play the Swift Migration Game!
Find out how you can help Swifts in your community and volunteer for the Action for Swifts project
Where and when?
Castletown Square
Friday 25th July 2025
1pm to 5pm
Free entry
Donations welcome to the Manx Bird Club and Manx BirdLife Action for Swifts project.
The event is being financially supported by Domestic Event Fund and Curraghs Wildlife Park.
The event is also being supported by Castletown Commissioners, who will be providing the large video screen, and Ross Cain Plant Hire, who will be providing protective screens for the community mural.
Victoria Road school children will also be taking part in Swift workshops with Manx BirdLife and Swift themed art activities with Eve Adams prior to the event and their creative works exhibited at the event.
It is hoped Celebrate Our Swifts will instil a sense of pride in local wildlife and a community spirit that will be felt for years to come.
Contribute to a community Swift mural by local artist Eve Adams of ART squared Studio
Team up for the Swift Treasure Hunt
Play the Swift Migration Game!
Find out how you can help Swifts in your community and volunteer for the Action for Swifts project
Where and when?
Castletown Square
Friday 25th July 2025
1pm to 5pm
Free entry
Donations welcome to the Manx Bird Club and Manx BirdLife Action for Swifts project.
The event is being financially supported by Domestic Event Fund and Curraghs Wildlife Park.
The event is also being supported by Castletown Commissioners, who will be providing the large video screen, and Ross Cain Plant Hire, who will be providing protective screens for the community mural.
Victoria Road school children will also be taking part in Swift workshops with Manx BirdLife and Swift themed art activities with Eve Adams prior to the event and their creative works exhibited at the event.
It is hoped Celebrate Our Swifts will instil a sense of pride in local wildlife and a community spirit that will be felt for years to come.
Venue
Castletown Market Square
Castletown Market Square
Isle Of Man
IM9 1LJ
Dates
The event runs from 13:00 to 17:00 on the following dates.
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