NWT\u2019s centenary year<\/a>, the medal was awarded to two recipients during a ceremony at NWT\u2019s Cley Marshes reserve.\n<\/p>\n\n ![]()
Carl Chapman is one of two winners of the 2026 Sydney Long Memorial Medal (Image: NWT)\n<\/p>\n
\n Carl Chapman is a former chairman of the NNNS who used his considerable knowledge of Norfolk nature to educate and inform others, both by leading wildlife tours and writing publications.\n<\/p>\n
\n He initiated the NNNS liaison committee, which enables cooperation between Norfolk wildlife organisations, and more recently he became a county recorder for cetaceans, last year publishing Whales and Whaling in Norfolk, documenting cetacean sightings since 1255.\n<\/p>\n
\n Tony Leech, former chairman of the NNNS, said: “Carl has two passions, wildlife and educating people about it \u2013 he enthused many about the special wildlife in Norfolk and beyond.\n<\/p>\n
\n “He is a worthy recipient of this significant accolade.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Chapman said: “I would like to express my profound appreciation in the nomination for the Sydney Long medal award. The presentation was far from expected or even considered.”\n<\/p>\n
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Alice Liddle (right) receiving the 2026 Sydney Long Memorial Medal from Tony Leech (Image: NWT)\n<\/p>\n
\n Alice Liddle\u00a0was honoured for her long-standing voluntary service to nature conservation, especially through her leadership roles with Norfolk Wildlife Trust.\n<\/p>\n
\n She has served as a trustee for nine years, including six as chair of trustees, and now continues as vice president.\n<\/p>\n
\n She said: “I am thrilled and humbled to receive this award and have enjoyed every minute of my work supporting Norfolk Wildlife Trust.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Eliot Lyne, chief executive of Norfolk Wildlife Trust, said: “Alice has led Norfolk Wildlife Trust with passion, skill and a calm confidence.\n<\/p>\n
\n “With her support, we reach our centenary in rude health and with growing ambition to tackle the significant challenges Norfolk\u2019s nature faces.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We are delighted to recognise Alice, whose immense skill, generosity and unwavering commitment to Norfolk\u2019s wildlife have made a great many of the successes we are celebrating this year possible.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The medals are awarded in memory of Dr Sydney Long<\/a>, founder of the Norfolk Naturalists Trust in 1926, now the Norfolk Wildlife Trust, who died in 1939.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carl Chapman and Alice Liddle have been named the winners of this year’s Sydney Long Memorial Medal, awarded…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-731105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=731105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/731106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=731105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=731105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=731105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}