Tag Archives: eggs

Jun
08
2011

First Lesser Noddy eggs.

With thousands of seabirds again collecting leaves to build their nests, sounds of birds covering the island, white guano marking the usual spots and now finally, the first eggs having been recorded, the Seabird breeding season is officially in full swing. For the next 6 to 8 weeks the Lesser Noddies will be incubating their [...]

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Jan
31
2011

200 Nest mark reached!

We’ve recorded our 200th Hawksbill Turtle nest! We were very excited last season when we broke all records and had 113 nests for the whole breeding season. This year it wasn’t only broken, it was thrashed. Yesterday 3 females came up to nest, bringing our total number of nests up to date to the magic [...]

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Dec
05
2010

Last November update

November proved to have been a very busy and exciting month indeed. Turtles, birds and even tortoises helped to keep us busy. Starting with the turtles, lots of the diary entries concentrated on these, so to keep it sweet and short, during November a total of 328 hatchlings were safely released to sea. A total [...]

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Nov
06
2010

Lending a helping hand

This morning a Hawksbill Turtle female was seen coming onto the beach to nest. Nothing unusual about that. However, when you are a turtle affectionately known as Stompie (Little stump) this can be a task of epic proportions. We first met Stompie on the 18th of October 2010 when she came up to attempt nesting. Missing her hind left flipper, [...]

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Sep
25
2010

Hawksbill Turtle season started!!

A call from staff after 17:00 in the afternoon is usually not good news, however the call last night was great news! A female Hawksbill Turtle had been sighted on the most southern end of the beach, the first for the nesting season. The female took her time finding a good spot to nest way [...]

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