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Nesting News

Sea turtle nests are hatching
A baby loggerhead sea turtle makes its way to the Gulf of Mexico minutes after hatching. – Amy Waterbury | AMITW

TURTLE NESTS LAID: 544
(528 loggerhead, 16 green) Record: 685 in 2024

FALSE CRAWLS: 828
(797 loggerhead, 31 green) Record: 831 in 2010

NESTS HATCHED: 424
(409 loggerhead, 15 green) Record: 453 in 2022

HATCHLINGS PRODUCED: 30,899
(29,674 loggerhead, 1,225 green) Record: 35,850 in 2022

NEST DISORIENTATIONS: 151
(148 loggerhead, 3 green)

ADULT DISORIENTATIONS: 30
(28 loggerhead, 2 green)

Source: Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring