Posts by Caswell Turtle Watch

One new nest today.  Tom and Barbara politely request that Joy, Kathleen and Wanda share some of their nesting activities, LOL!  I received a call at 10:30 last night about this nesting Mama.  The out of town visitors were the only ones to see her and kept a very long, respected distance.  She nested in the dune Read More

Wow!  The Morning Patrol had to call for reinforcements today!  They had 3 false crawls, 1 Nesting Site and 4 new nests bringing us to 50 for sure and one more maybe.  Thanks to the Morning Patrol for working extra hard! One mama walked through a wedding pergola, over a stack of wood and nested Read More

3 new nests today! Nest #44 Crawl Width:  91 cm/36″ 136 Eggs Relocated Nest #45 Crawl Width:  89 cm/35″Nest #46 Crawl Width: 94 cm/37″ 113 Eggs Relocated We are sad to report that yesterday’s little Kemp’s rescue did not survive it’s injuries   Thanks to Glenn and Wanda for transporting and giving it a chance!

We had one nest today.  The Mama zig-zagged a bit before she settled on her spot.  She picked a good one!  Nest #43 Crawl Width:  87 cm/34″ We had several nests overwashed a bit from the King Tide last evening.  We’ve been told that a little overwash is OK.  Overwashed: Nest #2 Nest #15 Nest #20 Read More

Nest #41 Crawl Width:  93 cm/36″ 90 relocated eggs Nest #42 Crawl Width:  100 cm/39″ The Merchandise Team will be at Caswell Beach Town Hall again on Friday, June 25th from 9:00-11:00 am.  Inventory is getting low, but we are reordering everything!

Oh, What a Night and a Day! We got a call about a Mama laying last night around 9:00. Went down to flag the nest and found another Mama laying! 2 at the same time less than a block apart. We kept our distance and let them do their thing. Several very respectful visitors were Read More

Can you say WINDY?  Morning Patrol checked as carefully as they could and did not find any crawls or nests. The high tide was at 4:44 and the wind was significant enough to erase crawl traces in the softer sand.  We are hoping the Mama’s were too smart to come out in those conditions!

It was a stormy start to the morning!   The Morning Patrol headed out early, but had to turn around and wait out the storm.  No new nests.  Crabs got into Nest #29 and one piece of an egg shell was found.

No new nests today, but all current nests are sitting well. 13-14 Balloons and debris from a Fireworks/Drinking Party were collected.

Nest #35 was laid just over the high tide line and was relocated for safety. Crawl Width:  94cm/37″ Relocated Eggs: 117 Matthew Godfrey, our State Sea Turtle Biologist, came for a survey ride down our beach.  We were able to show him our current nests, ask about problematic erosion and flood areas, etc.  So far, Read More