Posts by Caswell Turtle Watch

Friday: Nest #42 Inventory Live- 6 Dead- 1 Pipped- 2 Unhatched- 10 Hatched Egg Shells- 127 Nest #46 Inventory Live- 23 (trapped under wet sand, egg shells and LOTS of roots) Dead- 0 Pipped- 2 Unhatched- 18 Hatched Egg Shells- 90 Nests #45 and #51 hatched last night. Saturday Morning: Nest #50 had hatchlings emerge Read More

*Perk to sitting at a nest:  The sunsets are amazing! Thursday Night: Nest #43 Inventory Live- 10 Dead- 1 Pipped- 4 Unhatched- 1 Hatched Egg Shells- 93 Pieces- 2 handfuls Nest #48 Inventory Live- 10 Dead- 0 Pipped- 1 Unhatched- 0 Hatched Egg Shells- 114 Nest #47 13 more hatchlings. Nest #49 had a first Read More

Special thanks to Turtle Ambassadors Tom and Mary who watched a hatchling from Nest #42 make it safely to the water late last night! They also filled in 2 big motes near the Villas! We appreciate all our beach visitors do to help us protect our turtles! Many Volunteers and visitors toughed it out in Read More

Tuesday Night: We had a call about a hatchling in the marsh in Southport!  Thanks to the Turtle Ambassadors who helped us retrieve it!  The area was surveyed and no additional hatchlings or nest areas were found. We did have some false crawls not too far away that were surveyed by our patrol team from The Landing last Read More

That RAIN!!!  It was not possible to determine how many nests may have hatched last night.  I will be conferring with Matthew Godfrey about possibilities. Monday Night: Nest #37 Inventory Live- 9 Dead- 7 Pipped- 1 Unhatched- 4 Hatched Egg Shells- 112 Nest #41 Inventory Live- 0 Dead- 0 Pipped- 0 Unhatched- 3 Hatched Egg Read More

Nests #43 & #48 boiled overnight last night at some point after the teams left (of course).  Nest #48 was on Day 49/50 depending on when it hatched.  Team 3 did get to see 1 hatchling emerge at about 8:30 pm.  There were several small groups of visitors who were able to watch it make Read More

Saturday Night: Lots of sitting without any progress last night!  I hope the bugs didn’t feast on you! Nest #36 Inventory Live- 1 Dead- 6 Pipped-1 Unhatched- 4 Hatched Egg Shells- 116 Sunday Morning: Nest #48 (DAY 49) has a crater!  Thank goodness Team 3 greened early!  Beach visitors (now Turtle Ambassadors, Linda and Mike) Read More

Friday: Nest #32 Inventory Live- 2 Dead- 0 Pipped- 0  Unhatched Eggs- 3 Hatched Eggs- 102 Nest #33 Inventory Live- 0 Dead- 0 Pipped- 0  Unhatched Eggs- 5 Hatched Eggs- 108 Nest #41 boiled at 7:30pm with 91 hatchlings running to the water within 10 minutes! Saturday Morning: Nest #38 has a big drop and Read More

WOW!  What a morning! No new crawls, but LOTS of wind and sand!  Please check your runways, many are FULL! Thursday Night: Nest #30 Inventory (in the light rain) Live- 4 Dead- 5 Pipped- 0 Unhatched- 8 Hatched Egg Shells- 119 Lots of excited families!!! Friday Morning: Nest #37 had some hatchlings emerge overnight and THEN 24 Read More

No new crawls and no new emergences. The moon was beautiful last night, though! Nest #28 Inventory Live- 2 Dead- 3 Pipped- 0 Unhatched- 17 Hatched Egg Shells- 90 Nest #35 Inventory Live- 2 Dead- 3 Pipped- 2 Unhatched- 20 Hatched Egg Shells- 90 **This conservation work for protected sea turtles on Caswell Beach is Read More