Carl Chapman
@wildnorfolk.bsky.social
Owner Wildlife Tours and Education. Norfolk’s sea mammal recorder. Tutor, tour guide, author and charity worker. Butterflies, dragons, birds, cetaceans, and photography are my way of life.
I got eyeballed at Bempton this week.
September 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I got eyeballed at Bempton this week.
Some great close waders on the Yorkshire Birding Tour last week ... including this Greenshank
September 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Some great close waders on the Yorkshire Birding Tour last week ... including this Greenshank
Water Voles are just adorable aren't they?
September 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Water Voles are just adorable aren't they?
There's a good reason why the god of desire and beauty, loaned his name to the Adonis Blue Butterfly. We went South on tour today to see these beautiful airborne waifs amid the short turf of south facing chalk. Extraordinary creatures.
August 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
There's a good reason why the god of desire and beauty, loaned his name to the Adonis Blue Butterfly. We went South on tour today to see these beautiful airborne waifs amid the short turf of south facing chalk. Extraordinary creatures.
In a spot of 'extreme botanising' from a moving vehicle this summer we came across Thistle Broomrape at the side of the A1
August 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
In a spot of 'extreme botanising' from a moving vehicle this summer we came across Thistle Broomrape at the side of the A1
Bat surveying last night. A passer by called me 'Batman'. I asked if he was a joker ... went right over his head ... just like the bats.
June 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Bat surveying last night. A passer by called me 'Batman'. I asked if he was a joker ... went right over his head ... just like the bats.
Not the best photo in the world but the Black crowned Night Heron was so hidden yesterday evening it might as well have been on the moon!
June 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Not the best photo in the world but the Black crowned Night Heron was so hidden yesterday evening it might as well have been on the moon!
One or two bit's and pieces from tours over the last week or so. Including Green Hairstreak, Temminck's Stint, Wood Sandpiper, Garganey and Broad bodied Chaser.
May 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
One or two bit's and pieces from tours over the last week or so. Including Green Hairstreak, Temminck's Stint, Wood Sandpiper, Garganey and Broad bodied Chaser.
The sky was full of larks last week. Short tailed songsters. Wood Larks.
May 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The sky was full of larks last week. Short tailed songsters. Wood Larks.
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The first few S M Orchids starting to show close to home ssp schoenophila
May 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The first few S M Orchids starting to show close to home ssp schoenophila
You don't often get a good view of the underside of a Wall butterfly.
Walking along the coastal path last week there were more walls in flight than I've seen in the past few years in total. One landed and obliged by settling and lifting her skirts.
Walking along the coastal path last week there were more walls in flight than I've seen in the past few years in total. One landed and obliged by settling and lifting her skirts.
May 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
You don't often get a good view of the underside of a Wall butterfly.
Walking along the coastal path last week there were more walls in flight than I've seen in the past few years in total. One landed and obliged by settling and lifting her skirts.
Walking along the coastal path last week there were more walls in flight than I've seen in the past few years in total. One landed and obliged by settling and lifting her skirts.
This Little Egret was brimming with breeding hormones. The lores were 'purple' with anticipation.
May 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This Little Egret was brimming with breeding hormones. The lores were 'purple' with anticipation.
Cley hit the jackpot with Temminck's Stints and Wood Sands this week but the most confiding wader was without doubt this chunky, subtly beautiful Greenshank.
May 15, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Cley hit the jackpot with Temminck's Stints and Wood Sands this week but the most confiding wader was without doubt this chunky, subtly beautiful Greenshank.
Three Little-ringed Plovers in a sort of avian ménage à trois made for lots of flying around and calling over the scrape yesterday. I guess it was a 'stay away from my woman' type of moment.
May 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Three Little-ringed Plovers in a sort of avian ménage à trois made for lots of flying around and calling over the scrape yesterday. I guess it was a 'stay away from my woman' type of moment.
Memories of Scotland in April ...
May 11, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Memories of Scotland in April ...
A great day in Essex yesterday
May 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
A great day in Essex yesterday
After 13 years of research my book has finally been pushed over the line. Published today and distributed to Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society (NNNS) members free of charge; if you'd like to purchase a copy please go to this link on the NNNS Website. norfolknaturalists.org.uk/wp/shop/#op21
March 29, 2025 at 12:43 AM
After 13 years of research my book has finally been pushed over the line. Published today and distributed to Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society (NNNS) members free of charge; if you'd like to purchase a copy please go to this link on the NNNS Website. norfolknaturalists.org.uk/wp/shop/#op21
The delicately marked underwing on a brute of a raptor ... Goshawk!
March 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The delicately marked underwing on a brute of a raptor ... Goshawk!
OK … ever so slightly creepy … bags of fur and hair being used to increase fertility of soil at Wild Ken Hill 🤢
March 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
OK … ever so slightly creepy … bags of fur and hair being used to increase fertility of soil at Wild Ken Hill 🤢
I'm just not sure if I should laugh or be astounded after reading this company's efforts to de-extinct the Dodo ( ... and more) - who the hell is funding this? colossal.com/dodo/
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March 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I'm just not sure if I should laugh or be astounded after reading this company's efforts to de-extinct the Dodo ( ... and more) - who the hell is funding this? colossal.com/dodo/
Just when all the seabirds are coming into Flambrough to nest … yet another potential Torrey Canyon (hope nobody’s hurt)
March 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Just when all the seabirds are coming into Flambrough to nest … yet another potential Torrey Canyon (hope nobody’s hurt)
Lots of European Sprats on Cley beach the other day.
March 10, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Lots of European Sprats on Cley beach the other day.
Apparently this falconers Harris Hawk has been at large in North Norfolk a while but it wasn't until the day before yesterday it and I came face to face.
March 5, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Apparently this falconers Harris Hawk has been at large in North Norfolk a while but it wasn't until the day before yesterday it and I came face to face.
Cranes under a Norfolk rain cloud.
February 27, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Cranes under a Norfolk rain cloud.