Interesting Evaluation Today
No new nests today, but we evaluated a very unique emergence this morning. The first emergence on this nest occurred on Sunday out of a…
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Mickler's Landing Turtle Patrol is a team of dedicated volunteers who monitor 4.6 miles of beach sur
Another busy morning for us with 5 total crawls (3 nests and 2 false crawls). The highlight of the morning was seeing this female Loggerhead headed back to the water after successfully laying a clutch of eggs 🥰🐢![]()
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All activities conducted under FWC MTP-029.
The female turtles were busy last night! We worked/marked 7 crawls this morning - 2 nests and 5 false crawls.![]()
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There are 20 nests along our stretch of beach right now, putting us at just above average for this time of year. ![]()
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Everyone please have a safe Memorial Day. 🇺🇸![]()
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All activities conducted under FWC MTP-029
Please help us keep the beach clean. The littering at Mickler’s is bad and continues to get worse each year. We clean up the beach after these parties every single morning during sea turtle nesting season and this morning was the worst. It’s in the same area (just south of Mickler’s), and it’s always Twisted Tea cans. ![]()
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As of late, instead of taking the cans, bottles and litter to the trash & recycling cans provided by the County, these parties have begun burying their cans and trash in the sand. ![]()
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We’ve reported this issue to the St. Johns County and the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office many times and the issues continue to get worse.
Popular St. Johns County beach trashed during high school graduation party, residents say
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One of the area’s most popular and beautiful beaches was trashed Thursday night, residents told News4JAX.
Three more nests today brings us to 10! ![]()
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Here is a classic Loggerhead nest from this morning. 🐢![]()
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All activities conducted under FWC MTP 029![]()
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📸: Nancy C.
We had our 3rd nest of the season this morning! Another Loggerhead. FWC just shared the preliminary statewide numbers as of April 30 (below). These numbers aren't final, but it gives us an idea of how nesting is progressing throughout the State.![]()
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Our 3 nests are not included in this number as they were all laid after April 30.The 2023 sea turtle nesting season in Florida is off to a great start!![]()
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The preliminary statewide nest totals as of April 30th are as follows:![]()
🥚 1,288 loggerheads nests (640 in 2022)![]()
🥚 3 green turtle nests (1 in 2022)![]()
🥚 608 leatherback nests (800 in 2022)![]()
🥚 6 Kemp’s ridley nests (1 in 2022)![]()
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Thanks to all the FWRI partners involved in an outstanding community science effort to document sea turtle nesting activity statewide!![]()
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Please report sea turtles that are sick, injured, dead, entangled or are in danger to the FWC’s Wildlife Alert Hotline (888-404-3922). Check out our most recent post to learn how you can help nesting turtles: www.facebook.com/FWCResearch/posts/615676847259485
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