Sea turtle nesting season comes to end

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SANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION

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SANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation celebrates the end of sea turtle nesting season with this year's volunteers who helped out the team.

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In Florida, sea turtle nesting season officially ended on Oct. 31. The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation reported that it was another busy year for its sea turtle team.

As of Oct. 30, its preliminary season totals across Sanibel and Captiva were as follows:

– 839 loggerhead nests

– 16,722 emerged loggerhead hatchlings

– Three green nests

– 34 emerged green hatchlings

– One leatherback nest

– 40 emerged leatherback hatchlings

Statewide, preliminary nest counts show solid years for loggerheads and leatherbacks, a lower year for greens — a normal fluctuation — and potentially a record-breaking season for Kemp’s ridley nests.

The SCCF also thanked all of its volunteers who helped the team throughout the nesting season.