Sea Turtle Image by Roy Niswanger
As of June 29th, the Holden Beach Turtle Watch Program has recorded ten nests on the beach with 1,028 known eggs. These eggs account for eight out of the ten nests on the island that had to be moved to safer locations. The two other nests were safe, so their eggs weren’t moved and counted.
So far, there is an average of 128.5 eggs per nest. That’s well over the average of 100 eggs per nest.
Remember to turn off ocean facing lights to keep from creating light pollution that can disorient sea turtles while they’re nesting.
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Current Nest Count
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False Crawls
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Strandings
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10
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5
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1
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| Total Known Eggs |
Total Baby Turtles
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1028
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0
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Turtle news and statistics are courtesy of the Holden Beach Turtle Watch Program.
Photograph courtesy Roy Niswanger.