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summer projects

Monitoring Leader, Kyparissia
Nest excavation

Tagging and biometric equipment
Scanner and pit gun (PIT TAG), metal tagger, hole punch, plastic tagger, red lamp, plastic tape measure and calipers.

Plastic tagger and hole punch

Turtle tagging

Turtle nesting (recovering)

Adult turtle tracks

Kyparissia Bay, nesting area

Adult turtle tracks

Location of egg chamber before protection

Sector distance measurements taken of exact nest locations

Nest protection with a grid and bamboo

Seasonal Information Kiosk

Nesting area

Putting boxes on

Hatchling tracks

A nesting area in Peloponnesus :
The gulf of Kyparissia which hosts the second most important reproductive population of Caretta caretta in the Mediterranean with 941 nests and 75 volunteers in 2010.
The reproduction period extends from the end of May until October.

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