{"id":303190,"date":"2026-06-10T22:44:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T22:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/303190\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T22:44:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T22:44:29","slug":"340-plus-sea-turtle-nests-documented-on-islands-sanibel-captiva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/303190\/","title":{"rendered":"340-plus sea turtle nests documented on islands – SANIBEL-CAPTIVA"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nA loggerhead female recently laying a nest at Blind Pass at about noon. Such daytime nesting is an uncommon sight for the species.<\/p>\n

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\nSea turtle nests lost to depredation and high tide washout on the islands.<\/p>\n

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\nLila was tagged on May 19 on the west end of Sanibel.<\/p>\n

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The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) reported that its sea turtle team had documented a total of 340 loggerhead and two green sea turtle nests on the islands for this season as of June 3.<\/p>\n

It is up from last year\u2019s 264 loggerhead nests to date, with the same number for green sea turtle nests.<\/p>\n

The number of nests depredated by coyotes is 53, up from 38 depredations to date in 2025. A recent high tide also took a toll, with 19 nests lost to washouts, compared to one washout to date in 2025.<\/p>\n

The breakdown of the data by island, species and other parameters is as follows:<\/p>\n

Washouts<\/p>\n

2025: 1<\/p>\n

\u2014 Sanibel: 1<\/p>\n

\u2014 Captiva: 0<\/p>\n

2026: 19<\/p>\n

\u2014 Sanibel: 15<\/p>\n

\u2014 Captiva: 4<\/p>\n

Coyote depredations<\/p>\n

2025: 38<\/p>\n

\u2014 Sanibel: 30<\/p>\n

\u2014 Captiva: 8<\/p>\n

2026: 53<\/p>\n

\u2014 Sanibel: 39<\/p>\n

\u2014 Captiva: 14<\/p>\n

FIRST LOGGERHEAD TAGGED FOR TRACKING<\/p>\n

The SCCF reported that its sea turtle team encountered Lila, an adult female loggerhead sea turtle, nesting on the west end of Sanibel in the early morning hours of May 19.<\/p>\n

It was the first time encountering her on the island, as she had no indication of being previously tagged with forms of identification, such as a PIT or flipper tag. She is the first of the season to be satellite tagged. Lila\u2019s tag is now active on the SCCF\u2019s Sea Turtle Tracking Portal, which launched last nesting season and tracked five loggerheads.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of the research on sea turtles is conducted while they\u2019re nesting because they\u2019re much easier to access on beaches, but since they spend most of their lives at sea, there is still so much we don\u2019t know,\u201d Coastal Wildlife Director Kelly Sloan said. \u201cSatellite tags provide location data for the turtles even when they aren\u2019t observed again on the nesting beach, which allows us to track their movements at sea.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lila\u2019s tag was sponsored by Norman Robertson.<\/p>\n

To track Lila, visit https:\/\/sccf.hammerhead360.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To report issues related to nests or sea turtles, call the SCCF Sea Turtle Hotline at 978-728-3663.<\/p>\n


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