MEET THE TEAM

Ben Murcott joined Sea Watch Foundation in April 2023. Ben has volunteered for SWF since 2012 and become a more active volunteer in recent years taking up the North Wales Regional Coordinator position as well as organising and conducting our very successfully volunteer self-funded boat survey scheme and linking in with the zoo community and founding/running or BIAZA marine mammal surveys and courses. Ben’s recent employment with SWF involves data entry and analysis as well as undertaking boat surveys throughout north and mid Wales. His background is in conservation with previous employment as a zoo-based Conservation Officer undertaking tasks as varied as preparing IUCN Red List reports, managing woodlands to helping conserve the critically endangered Barberry Carpet Moth.