Tag Archives: hatchlings

May
17
2011

Turtle season draws to a close

The last turtle nest for the season have hatched and the 80 little hatchlings were released to sea on the 14th of May 2011. This last season proved to be a real record breaker with a total of 230 nests laid during the period from the 24th of September 2010 to the 16th of March 2011. [...]

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Apr
01
2011

Turtle Update

What a Hawksbill Turtle season, way surpassing all previous years. 230 nests were laid during this season, with the last nest only laid in middle March by an untagged turtle! This brings the total number of tagged turtles this season up to 34. The previous record was a mere 113 nests during the previous season. [...]

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Mar
12
2011

And the hatchlings keep coming…

After 6 months of turtle season and 4 months of releasing them it is still a privilege and a sight to see all the little turtle hatchlings going down to sea. No matter how rough the waves are, how strong the wind is, whether it is raining or baking hot, these little turtles know exactly [...]

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Feb
26
2011

Turtle and white-eye update

Seychelles White-eye update The Seychelles white-eye chick mentioned in the previous diary entry was released out of the cage after 3 days inside and has since florished and is regularly seen following the adults from tree to tree. On the day of releasing the chick it was decided to try and catch an older unrung [...]

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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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