Volunteer !
The work of the Sea Watch Foundation (SWF) could not be carried out without the help of a dedicated team of volunteers assisting in ongoing research and education projects as well as with data inputting, analysis and various administrative tasks both in Oxford and in the New Quay office in Wales. During the winter, our needs are primarily office-based: organizing and analysing data collected during the previous field season, processing cetacean sightings for our UK national cetacean sightings database, and developing from these data scientific reports and public education materials. We also need help with updating the Cardigan Bay photo-identification catalogue, organising other photo-identification data from all around the UK and sorting images for the photo-library and the Europhlukes catalogue. In the summer season, we require a team of dedicated research and education volunteers in our offices in New Quay, West Wales. We also conduct other research activities around the UK, including offshore cetacean line-transect surveys in the Irish Sea and minke whale studies in Hebrides, for which we are always looking for experienced cetacean observers. However, the best and easiest way to get involved on a regular basis is to contact your regional co-ordinator and join him/her for a land-based watch for whales, dolphins and porpoises.