The month of July has seen an extra 13 turtles start their nesting seasons, with 73 extra nests being deposited. This leaves us with a total of 45 turtles and 120 nests so far this season. The first hatchlings have also scurried across the sand and into the ocean. Only 2 extra neophytes have been recorded, but we hold high hopes to see the numbers bolstered by the end of the season. July saw the greatest number of nests deposited in one night, with 9 nests for only 4 false crawls.
There is still a positive trend in nests outnumbering unsuccessful attempts; the turtles have been nesting across all sections of the beach but seem to have shifted from the Northern end back towards the center of the beach. The area between the leaning palm and Bananaquit accounts for nearly 20% of all the nests deposited this season; in 2009 and 2010 that same section accounted for only 10% of the nests.
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| Hatchling in water. D. Tilley |
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