2021 Sea Turtle Season Overview Overall Numbers
577 Unique Females 2500 Nests 1704 DNA Samples Assigned 59.9% Mean Hatch Success
Season Openers and Closers
First Nest: Loggerhead, Little Cumberland Island, May 1 First Emergence: Loggerhead, Sea Island, July 14 Last Nest: Loggerhead, Wassaw Island, August 23 Last Emergence: Cumberland Island, October 18
Nest Numbers
2484 Loggerheads 4 Greens 1 Kemps Ridley 11 Unknown
Location, Location, Location Blackbeard Island: 305 nests Cumberland Island: 646 nests Jekyll Island: 128 nests Little Cumberland Island: 94 nests Little St. Simons Island: 127 nests Little Tybee Island: 2 nests Ossabaw Island: 381 nests Sapelo Island: 154 nests Sea Island: 78 nests St. Catherines Island: 249 nests St. Simons Island: 1 nest Tybee Island: 19 nests Wassaw Island: 316 nests
Photo provided by Caretta Research Project
