Billy Clapham Photography & Film

10/05/2020

People often ask 'what happened next' and 'how have Wynford's curlews gotten on this year'? Well this year you can find out for your self because Curlew Country are streaming their nest LIVE! The male is the very same one that featured in the film, but he's got a new female and 4 beautiful eggs. Fingers crossed they'll be hatching in a few weeks time and in the mean time we can glimpse an almost never seen insight into this illusive species' world.

WATCH HERE: https://curlewcountry.org/curlew-cam-2019/

07/12/2018

Keeper of the Call has gained it's first festival laurel! I am so excited to announce that the film has been selected for Wilderland Festival, the UK's first and only touring wildlife film festival! Its brilliant to know that the film will be seen by so many more people as it tours the UK.

The first screening is on Monday night in Bristol! So come one come all if you want to catch my film on the big screen alongside many other amazing films at Wilderland Film Festival - Premiere Screening!

02/12/2018

30/11/2018

My brand new film Keeper of the Call is out now! Please give it a watch if you already haven't!

The call of the curlew is the British countryside’s most iconic sound. But with their numbers plummeting and half of Britain’s breeding curlews already…

28/10/2018

The film is now just a few days away from being finished, I can't wait to have it out there for all to see! A 16 minute film all about curlews, featuring the wonderful work of CurlewCountry and one of their fantastic farmers, coming soon!

10/06/2018

For my Masters in Wildlife Filmmaking I am producing a film following the fate of a farmer and his nest of curlews- a bird in rapid decline in our countryside. Yesterday, finally the chicks hatched! We got an intimate view of the chicks as they were being tagged by the conservationists, but now the odds are shifted for these little birds. The chances of these tiny chicks surviving to fledging stage on farmland is tiny- the main issue that will tip these birds over the edge into extinction in our countryside.

Please help support the making of this film to help me get the message out there about the issues surrounding this species' conservation and what it will take if we want to keep them in our countryside!

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/keeper-of-the-call

03/06/2018

12/05/2018

What a spectacular place to be making a film! Sunset over the Shropshire Hills looking from the Striperstones. A great place for time lapses!

10/05/2018

Capturing Curlews: April’s Song and Dance As the rain finally began to turn to sunshine for one beautiful week in late April, I travelled up to Shropshire from my home in Bristol to finally begin the production of a film I’ve had in the works since Christmas. I am a Masters student of Wildlife F...

07/05/2018

One of the many gorgeous black-tailed godwits I saw yesterday at Shapwick Heath NNR- also got some great views of marsh harriers, bittern and my first ever hobby in the blazing sunshine!

04/05/2018

Happy Friday!
Clip from: Keeper of the Call- Wildlife Documentary
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/keeper-of-the-call