In June we were sitting around twiddling our thumbs waiting for the turtles to make an appearance, by August we were working flat out. 2011 has definitely been the strangest year so far. We didn't know whether the late start would mean a late finish or whether it was just going to be a very low year. Turns out that the turtles decided they would stick to the end date but just get really busy in August.
It's not quite over yet, but so far we have had 200 more nests than in 2008 and 50 more than in 2010. The biggest change has been in the location of the nests - as the turtles head further north to find undisturbed beaches.
Another interesting fact is that we have had a much higher ratio of nests to tracks - 40% compared to the more usual 30%.
So far there have been 5,000 hatchlings born (2,500 in the hatchery)
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