For the past nesting seasons, the females would usually start nesting during the early weeks of September before the season reaches its peak October to January...however up to date we haven't had any encounters nor an identification of tracks on the beach yet.
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| The big team monitoring the beach |
However, we will not give up hope and the MCSS continues to monitor the beaches twice a week and gradually increase to three times a week once the season is in full swing.
Most of our effort now is into beach cleaning and rubbish is collected whenever we go for the beach patrols.
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Collecting rubbish on Anse Grand Police
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As Hawksbill mostly prefer nesting in the vegetation line we will soon be having a beach clearing event to clear the nesting grounds for the turtles and get some exterior help to conduct this along with the big team of volunteer, interns and staff of MCSS. The intention is to simply remove natural debris like dry branches to allow the turtle to easily penetrate through the vegetation and thus increase the probability of successful nesting.
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| Anse Bazarca where clearing of nesting ground is needed |
Hopefully we will come back with a more interesting blog soon with the announcement of the nesting season being officially open as we start having encounters and tracks on the now deserted beaches!
