442 records, 237 nests, 178 false crawls, 27 nights with no activity
63 turtles, 14 neophytes
155 eggs per nest, 81% hatch success
29 000 hatchlings produced - some still to come!
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| One of the crew! ©D.Tilley |
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
Tuesday, 8 November 2011
10 days to go!
It has taken 43 nights to go from 200 nests to a mighty ... 230.
In this time we have had and extra 7 turtles come to shore. With 10 days to go, we are stuck on 230 nests and 63 turtles. This is the lowest tally in the last 5 years.
We are expecting 5 turtles over the next 10 days, so we may reach a mighty 235 nests by the end of the season!
How ironic is it that on the patrol that followed my typing this, we had a turtle come up... and nest!
Shark bait is the name, and we have 231 nests!
In this time we have had and extra 7 turtles come to shore. With 10 days to go, we are stuck on 230 nests and 63 turtles. This is the lowest tally in the last 5 years.
We are expecting 5 turtles over the next 10 days, so we may reach a mighty 235 nests by the end of the season!
How ironic is it that on the patrol that followed my typing this, we had a turtle come up... and nest!
Shark bait is the name, and we have 231 nests!
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| Shark bait: a bite taken out of the front right flipper. ©D.Tilley |
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