TOPSAIL TURTLE PROJECT NESTING PROGRAM
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Topsail Island has 26 miles of coastline. Each mile is surveyed every morning to identify sea turtle tracks and nests from May through August.
The Loggerhead Sea Turtle comes ashore to nest 3 to 5 times during a nesting year. She deposits an average of 120 eggs per nest. The eggs will incubate in the sand for about 60 days. After all the hatchlings have pipped out of their eggs, they emerge from the nest together and race to the sea. Weighing in at about two ounces, their first challenge on our beach is escaping the deadly grasp of the ghost crabs. Once in the water they must hide from both bird and fish predators, and the swim to sea weed rafts and the Sargasso Sea begins. It is a long swim to maturity. It is estimated that 1 in 1000 survives the first year, and as few as 1 in 5,000 – 10,000 survive to adulthood. No one has the answer to this. In 20 to 30 years the surviving hatchlings will reach adulthood. The females will return to their natal beaches to lay their eggs and the cycle begins again. |
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2021 HATCHING
TB = Topsail Beach SC = Surf City (north/south of bridge) NTB = North Topsail Beach (north/south of bridge)
DATE |
NEST # |
LOCATION |
HATCH DATE |
#EGGS/#HATCH |
MAY 19, 2021 |
1 |
880 NRI, NTB |
July 31 |
191 / 148 |
MAY 21, 2021 |
2 |
203 N Anderson, TB |
Aug 2 |
129 / 121 |
MAY 25, 2021 |
3 |
426 N Shore, SC |
July 30 |
160 / 127 |
MAY 27, 2021 |
4 |
Lenoir St, SC |
July 31 |
107 / 100 |
MAY 29, 2021 |
5 |
2510 S Shore, TB |
Aug 3 |
135 / 124 |
MAY 29, 2021 |
6 |
1511 NRI, NTB |
Aug 5 |
143 / 122 |
JUNE 1, 2021 |
7 |
1691 NRI, NTB |
Aug 4 |
150 / 129 |
JUNE 2, 2021 |
8 |
1521 Ocean Blvd, TB |
Aug 2 |
123 / 83 |
JUNE 2, 2021 |
9 |
1112 S Shore, SC |
Aug 5 |
104 / 87 |
JUNE 3, 2021 |
10 |
2874 Island Dr, NTB |
Aug 4 |
148 / 121 |
JUNE 6, 2021 |
11 |
1534 NRI, NTB |
Aug 8 |
154 / 131 |
JUNE 7, 2021 |
12 |
526 NRI, NTB |
Aug 16 |
121 / 133 |
JUNE 9, 2021 |
13 |
203 N Anderson, TB |
Aug 11 |
123 / 118 |
JUNE 9, 2021 |
14 |
NTB |
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JUNE 10, 2021 |
15 |
2000 NRI, NTB |
Aug 10 |
145 / 135 |
JUNE 12, 2021 |
16 |
1524 S Shore, SC |
Aug 13 |
146 / 158 |
JUNE 12, 2021 |
17 |
NTB |
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JUNE 14, 2021 |
18 |
2008 S Shore, SC |
Aug 14 |
133 / 136 |
JUNE 14, 2021 |
19 |
420 N Shore, SC |
Aug 16 |
25 / 40 |
JUNE 14, 2021 |
20 |
918 New River, SC |
Aug 10 |
171 / 86 |
JUNE 15, 2021 |
21 |
608 S Shore, SC |
Aug 16 |
72 / 105 |
JUNE 15, 2021 |
22 |
NTB |
Value |
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JUNE 15, 2021 |
23 |
473 N Anderson, TB |
Aug 19 |
133 / 150 |
JUNE 15, 2021 |
24 |
NTB |
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JUNE 17, 2021 |
25 |
1866 NRI, NTB |
Aug 16 |
66 / 116 |
JUNE 17, 2021 |
26 |
2390 NRI, NTB |
Aug 14 |
128 / 136 |
Value |
Value |
Value |
Value |
Value |
JUNE 18, 2021 |
27 |
720 Sunrise Ct, SC |
Aug 13 |
123 / 131 |
JUNE 19, 2021 |
28 |
1507 Ocean Blvd, TB |
Aug 16 |
116 / 122 |
JUNE 19, 2021 |
29 |
1108 NRI, NTB |
Aug 15 |
125 / 148 |
JUNE 21, 2021 |
30 |
1343 Ocean Blvd, TB |
Aug 22 |
111 / 117 |
JUNE 22, 2021 |
31 |
NTB |
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JUNE 22, 2021 |
32 |
SC |
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JUNE 22, 2021 |
33 |
1768 NRI, NTB |
Aug 19 |
120 / 130 |
JUNE 23, 2021 |
34 |
SC |
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JUNE 25, 2021 |
35 |
NTB |
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JUNE 25, 2021 |
36 |
NTB |
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JUNE 26, 2021 |
37 |
NTB |
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JUNE 27, 2021 |
38 |
SC |
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JUNE 28, 2021 |
39 |
TB |
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JUNE 28, 2021 |
40 |
NTB |
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JUNE 28, 2021 |
41 |
SC |
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JUNE 29, 2021 |
42 |
SC |
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JUNE 29, 2021 |
43 |
NTB |
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JUNE 30, 2021 |
44 |
SC |
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JULY 1, 2021 |
45 |
NTB |
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JULY 1, 2021 |
46 |
NTB |
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JULY 1, 2021 |
47 |
NTB |
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JULY 1, 2021 |
48 |
NTB |
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JULY 1, 2021 |
49 |
SC |
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JULY 1, 2021 |
50 |
SC |
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JULY 2, 2021 |
51 |
NTB |
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JULY 2, 2021 |
52 |
SC |
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JULY 2, 2021 |
53 |
TB |
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JULY 2, 2021 |
54 |
NTB |
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JULY 5, 2021 |
55 |
SC |
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JULY 5, 2021 |
56 |
NTB |
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JULY 6, 2021 |
57 |
TB |
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JULY 10 |
58 |
NTB |
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JULY 12 |
59 |
TB |
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JULY 13 |
60 |
SC |
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JULY 8, 2021 |
61 |
NTB |
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JULY 10, 2021 |
62 |
NTB |
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JULY 10, 2021 |
63 |
SC |
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JULY 11, 2021 |
64 |
SC |
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JULY 11, 2021 |
65 |
NTB |
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JULY 12, 2021 |
66 |
NTB |
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JULY 12, 2021 |
67 |
NTB |
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JULY 13, 2021 |
68 |
NTB |
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JULY 14 2021 |
69 |
NTB |
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JULY 14, 2021 |
70 |
NTB |
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JULY 14, 2021 |
71 |
NTB |
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JULY 15, 2021 |
72 |
NTB |
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JULY 15, 2021 |
73 |
TB |
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JULY 15, 2021 |
74 |
NTB |
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JULY 18, 2021 |
75 |
SC |
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JULY 18, 2021 |
76 |
NTB |
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JULY 18, 2021 |
77 |
SC |
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JULY 18, 2021 |
78 |
SC |
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JULY 21, 2021 |
79 |
TB |
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JULY 21, 2021 |
80 |
NTB |
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JULY 23, 2021 |
81 |
NTB |
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JULY 23, 2021 |
82 |
SC |
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JULY 23, 2021 |
83 |
NTB |
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JULY 23, 2021 |
84 |
NTB |
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JULY 24, 2021 |
85 |
SC |
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JULY 24, 2021 |
86 |
NTB |
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JULY 25, 2021 |
87 |
SC |
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JULY 26, 2021 |
88 |
NTB |
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JULY 26, 2021 |
89 |
NTB |
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JULY 27, 2021 |
90 |
TB |
Value |
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JULY 27, 2021 |
91 |
NTB |
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JULY 27, 2021 |
92 |
NTB |
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JULY 27, 2021 |
93 |
NTB |
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AUG 4, 2021 |
94 |
NTB |
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AUG 6, 2021 |
95 |
SC |
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AUG 6, 2021 |
96 |
NTB |
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AUG 6, 2021 |
97 |
NTB |
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AUG 7, 2021 |
98 |
NTB |
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AUG 8, 2021 |
99 |
NTB |
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AUG 9, 2021 |
100 |
NTB |
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JUNE 11, 2021 |
101 |
NTB |
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AUG 16, 2021 |
102 |
NTB |
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