Island Turtle Team - Isle of Palms - Sullivan's Island

Nest 13 on Sullivan's Island had its 13th nest this morning which was found by Karen Bartlett at Station 25. There were 117 eggs that were relocated to a spot northeast of the Station 19 Access Path where they can safely incubate until sometime in late August. Thank you to Vatsa Kadaba for helping again with this one. Now Sullivan's has one more nest than were laid the whole 2025 season. CLICK ON IMAGE TO SEE THE WHOLE PHOTO Nests 27 and 28 and two false crawls were found on

Today was the inventory of the final IOP nest. During the 2025 season there were exactly half the number of nests laid on this island as last season when there were 56 nests. Nest #28 was found on July 19 by Penny Gorby and Shree Beverly at Ocean Point in Wild Dunes at Dewees Inlet. This turtle laid 90 eggs that were relocated to 2802 Palm Blvd just north of the 28 th Ave path. They incubated for 51 days. The inventory today revealed 83 empty eggshells, six undeveloped eggs