Storm events off eastern US or in Caribbean may have moved turtles from usual range in tropical waters into Atlantic currents
According to reports to the Marine Conservation Society and Marine Environmental Monitoring, 13 juvenile turtles have been stranded since November – 12 loggerheads and one Kemp’s ridley turtle. Photograph: Michel Gunther/WWF/PASmall, wrinkled and stranded in chilly waters, young hard-shelled turtles have been turning up on the beaches of the UK and Ireland in higher numbers than usual over the winter.
According to reports to the Marine Conservation Society and Marine Environmental Monitoring, 13 juvenile turtles have been stranded since November – 12 loggerheads and one Kemp’s ridley turtle. “It’s definitely higher this year than it has been before,” said Amy Pilsbury, a citizen science programme developer at the Marine Conservation Society, adding that typically only five or six turtles are reported over the period.
Ms Pilsbury said that while investigations would be needed to confirm the reason for the increase, it could be down to storm events off the east coast of the US and in the Caribbean. These may have moved the turtles from their usual range in tropical waters into Atlantic currents – a particular concern regarding those that are young or injured.
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