Kemp’s Ridley Mid-Day Hatch!

BIG NEWS!  Caswell Beach’s Kemp’s Ridley Nest started hatching at about 9:30 this morning!!! New Volunteer Mary Beth and her cousin Mary Ann were out walking when a family alerted them to some turtle hatchlings.  IT WAS DAY 49 and had not been greened yet!  They quickly worked together with Turtle Ambassadors, the Williford family, to Read More

August 2, 2023 – King Tide!

There were no crawls or nest emergence overnight.   Nests #13, #17 and #18 had some degree of overwash at last night’s high tide. It was a 5.3″, and we expect the same or slighty more for tomorrow night. The 3 teams worked hard to prevent as much damage as they could.  Thanks to our young Read More

August 1, 2023 – Lots of Turtle Action!

We had 1 False Crawl (same location as yesterday’s) and 1 Nest.  They had the same crawl width. Nest #87 had to be relocated from just over yesterday’s King Tide line to the dune line.  Patrol had visitors Madison and L’rae watch the process.There were 67 eggs + several spacers.Crawl Width:  90cm/35″ Other Updates:Nest #11 had evidence of Read More

July 31, 2023 – Multiple Hatchings!

We are happy to report that Nest #2 and Nest #5 hatched at some point during the storms  last night!  Thank you to those CBTW teams who put in so many hours keeping watch.  We are sorry you missed the emergence, but glad the hatchlings finally appeared! Nest #4 had a hatchling attacked by a Read More

July 25, 2023 – We have #83!

We had 1 Nest, 0 False Crawls and no hatchling emergence overnight.   Nest #83 had to be relocated from a low area that floods.  There were 130 eggs.  Some were odd shaped yolkless eggs (spacers).  One looked like a candy cane! Nest #83Crawl Width: 98cm/38.5″