New short courses for 2012 are the WOW Seabirds for Beginners and WOW Seabird Monitoring. Repeat courses are WOW Cetaceans and WOW Seals. All carry UK nationally recognised qualifications. Pembrokeshire College and SeaTrust have been running WOW (Wildlife Observer Wales) short courses since 2007. The general structure of a 3 day WOW course is to provide an introduction to identification, biology , sampling theory and field recording. The Cetacean course includes the option of boat survey. Seabirds courses will hopefully include a Skomer Island visit. The Seabird Monitoring course will be led by former RSPB Ramsey Island Warden, Ian Bullock. Courses are based on the Pembrokeshire coast, West Wales, UK, with approximately half the course spent in the class room and half in the field Courses cost range from £105-140 per person NEW COURSE - WOW Seabirds for Beginners 2 days, £105, 9-10 May NEW COURSE - WOW Seabird Monitoring, 3 Days, £140, 6-8 June WOW Cetaceans, 3 days, £140, 26-28 June, 3-5 July, 24-26 July WOW Seals, 3 day course, £120, 11-13 Sept, 23-25 Oct For more information see http://coast.pembrokeshire.ac.uk/wow/ or contact Powell Strong 01437 753 166 or p.strong@pembrokeshire.ac.uk To book on a course, contact admission@pembrokeshire.ac.uk Powell Strong Coastal & Marine Environment Research Unit Pembrokeshire College Haverfordwest, UK. SA61 1SZ 44 (0)1437 753 166 mob 07917752207 http://coast.pembrokeshire.ac.uk/