Carl Chapman

What a Fluke!

Sep 15, 2014

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Three Oystercatchers made a welcome appearance at the pier. Although called Oystercatchers they actually prefer to eat mussels and cockles and use that bright orange bill to break into the shells. Each individual inherits a distinctive technique to do this and as such the feeding hab

New Arrivals

Sep 13, 2014

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grey, interns, pup, seal, survey

As the year progresses, Seawatch Foundation’s interns come and go, and as the end of the summer approaches we have lost a few keen volunteers, and gained three more. I am one of those new arrivals, having just finished a masters degree in Marine Biology, with a thesis focusing on temp

Just my Luck

Sep 01, 2014

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Its been a while since my last blog. Unfortunately the weather has been starting to change and during the odd sunny spell the dolphins haven’t been playing ball. However last Friday the sun came out and i set off for an early morning Pier watch, i arrived at the pier just aft

MI FIN

Aug 22, 2014

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M Its confirmed 007 (Bond) has been seen attacking harbour porpoises in the Cardigan Bay area he may have gone rogue ma’am. Recommend continued surveillance as he remains a valuable field asset. We need to find out why he is targeting them and if it’s linked to the rumours about SEALS

Camera Practice

Aug 12, 2014

by Carl Chapman

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After a weekend of watching digiscope tutorials online and reading web page after web page I feel I have finally begun to get to grips with the basics.If you, like myself are new to the digiscope world check out this great blog. . Knowing how good this equipment and seeing some of the

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