Turtle Tracks

The Longboat Key Turtle Watch spotted two turtle nests on April 27, four days before the official nesting season begins. Sea turtle nesting season runs from May 1 to Oct. 31. Until then, we will track the nesting numbers each week and compare them to numbers from 2017.

LONGBOAT

Through May 5

                        2018       2017

Nests                  3             1

False Crawls     1             0

Total as of May 5

                        2018        2017

Nests                  3              1

False Crawls     1              0

Source: Mote Marine Laboratory