A Talk on Seals by Gareth Richards of the Gower Seal Group

Grey seal

Mark Thomas

A Talk on Seals by Gareth Richards of the Gower Seal Group

Location:
Capel Newydd Vestry Hall, Capel Newydd Vestry Hall, Crescent Road, Llandeilo SA19 6HN
Gareth is Vice Chairman of the UK Seal Alliance Executive actively promoting their conservation and protection throughout the UK. He also acts as the liaison between the UK Seal Alliance and the Welsh Police Wildlife Crime Group. Gareth also sits on the Wales Mammal Strategy Group.

Event details

Date

Time
7:30pm - 9:30pm
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About the event

Locally, he conducts photographic identification surveys of Atlantic Grey Seals for Gower National Trust. He’s a trained volunteer Marine Life Rescue Medic and South Wales Assistant Area Coordinator with British Divers Marine Life Rescue and volunteers for the RSPCA Wildlife Hospital at Taunton where he looks after displaced, poorly and injured seal pups.

He has been delivering presentations on his work for the last seven years.

Gareth is a UK accredited Wildlife Safe Adventure Operator (WiSe Scheme). In July 2021 he founded Gower Seal Group with the intention of bringing together passionate volunteers to promote and give a voice to the local seals that visit Gower.  

 

Locally, he conducts photographic identification surveys of Atlantic Grey Seals for Gower National Trust. He’s a trained volunteer Marine Life Rescue Medic and South Wales Assistant Area Coordinator with British Divers Marine Life Rescue and volunteers for the RSPCA Wildlife Hospital at Taunton where he looks after displaced, poorly and injured seal pups.

He has been delivering presentations on his work for the last seven years.

Gareth is a UK accredited Wildlife Safe Adventure Operator (WiSe Scheme). In July 2021 he founded Gower Seal Group with the intention of bringing together passionate volunteers to promote and give a voice to the local seals that visit Gower.