Posts by CWBTW Editor

Caswell Beach has had 2 False Crawls and 2 new Nests in the last few days. Nest #30 was laid near the dune line which will keep it safe and above the tide.    The next day we had a False Crawl where the determined sea turtle mama tried to crawl straight up a dune Read More

Caswell Beach, as with many other sea turtle nesting beaches, always has some amount of false crawls as our sea turtle mamas try to find a safe place to nest. But with the storms and erosion of recent years, it’s especially challenging to deal with the high dunes. This weekend, we had 2 false crawls Read More

Happy Summer! The NC Sea Turtle Project’s data has shown us that Sea Turtle Mamas returning to Caswell Beach can sometimes be SEA TURTLE SISTERS! We’ve had not only sisters but daughters and granddaughters return to this beach, sometimes mulitple years in a row. Some sea turtle sisters have even laid nests next to each Read More

Caswell Beach is slowly gaining new sea turtle nests day by day. We luckily received Nest #23 today so we are 1 for 1 this weekend. The sea turtle mama chose a nice high dune area to lay and tried her best to trick the patrol team, so it took some time to find her nest! Read More

Caswell Beach Turtle Watch had a quiet few days, but we are happy to have 3 more nests this morning! We greeted many beach walkers that were out early and who were able to observe our nest finding process! Nests #20 and #21 were laid in safe locations. We are grateful our sea turtle mamas Read More

Caswell Beach Sea Turtle Nest totals as of today are 19 nests and 3 false crawls! That puts us at just 1 nest fewer than we had last year at this time. It remains to be seen whether this will be slower season this year or not! Both Nest #18 and Nest #19 were laid Read More

Caswell Beach Sea Turtle activity has picked up this weekend! We have 3 more nests and 1 false crawl to add to our sea turtle nest totals. The False Crawl was on the river by the navigation tower.  Mama figured out that was NOT a good place! Nest #15 was laid high and dry on Read More

Caswell Beach’s Sea Turtle Mamas are slowly creeping in and we are up to 14 nests! Nest #13 and Nest #14 were both laid high and dry on this King Tide week. Unfortunately, Nest #7 was overwashed last night. We are hoping it was a quick splash over and not a soaking. We are told Read More

After a few days of nesting drought Caswell Beach now has a dozen sea turtle nests! Nest #11 was safely laid on a high dune. Unfortunately, Nest #12 was laid near the high tide line in a low lying area known to flood. 126 eggs were relocated to higher ground. The turtle Mamas are loving Read More

Caswell Beach’s Sea Turtle Nest #10 was laid in a low area that floods at high tide. 110 eggs were relocated beyond a vegetation line for safety. Here’s a glimpse of our relocation process, all done in accordance with NCWRC Regulations. North Carolina has over 100 sea turtle nests so far! **This conservation work for Read More