Posts by Caswell Turtle Watch

We had 0 false crawls and 1 new nest this morning at the east end.  They sure are liking that area this season!  Unfortunately, it needed to be moved.  Nest #45 had 112 eggs moved to a safer location. Also, check out our new logo!  We will use it for our Facebook page, website and Read More

We have Nest #44 laid in a safe location. **This conservation work for protected sea turtles on Caswell Beach is authorized by the NC Wildlife Resources Commission (ES Permit 22ST03).

We have Nest #43 today!  Mama dug one egg chamber, but abandoned it and moved up a little higher to find a better spot.  Unfortunately, it was still too close to the high tide line, so 110 eggs were relocated to a safer location. **This conservation work for protected sea turtles on Caswell Beach is Read More

We have Nest #42 laid in a safe location and no false crawls today.  We also rechecked the Southport river beach.  There were no new crawls there today. **This conservation work for protected sea turtles on Caswell Beach is authorized by the NC Wildlife Resources Commission (ES Permit 22ST03).

Today has been a long day.  The Morning Patrol spent 4+ hours on the beach this morning with 4 False Crawls and 2 Nests.  So we have Nest #40 which had to be moved from an escarpment on the east end and Nest #41 which was laid in a safe location! THEN, we received a Read More

It was a pleasantly cool morning with 2 more nests!  Our Mamas are favoring the east end this year.   Nest #38 had to be moved from just beyond the King Tide wet sand.  152 eggs were relocated to a safer location! Nest #39 was laid safely very close to another nest that had been laid Read More

It was a beautiful morning for 2 new nests! Nest #36 had a 42 inch crawl, big Mama!  It was laid in a great spot and the eggs were easy to find. Nest #37 had a 34 inch crawl.  We knew there had to be eggs because of the discrepancy in the incoming and outgoing Read More

We have Nest #35 and an obvious False Crawl today! The nest, of 130 eggs, needed to be relocated due to Light Interference from the river GPS Navigation Tower.  We had a nest out there last season and the hatchlings were disoriented and went in the wrong direction!The sunrise added a nice touch to the Read More

WOW!  Full Moon + King Tide = Nests and Crawls (at least last night did)!  We have 4 new nests and 2 False Crawls!  Patrol Walkers Brad and LuAnn finally got to see the tracks and nesting areas!  Kathleen and Theresa S. were Rock Stars and Ride Along member Becky got to see it all!The first False Read More

We had 2 False Crawls this morning.  One was high and up to the grass, but she just didn’t lay for some reason.  The other was in the low tide area and got washed away before we could measure the crawl width.No crawls of any kind yesterday. Some have asked how to see data on Read More