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2025 Nesting Season Executive Summary
2025 Nesting Season Executive Summary *All data subject to change. For the second season in a row, Bald Head Island saw below-average sea turtle nesting numbers – the lowest since the 2017 and 2018 seasons, when the island recorded 40 and 52 nests. Encouragingly, the turtles that did return for the 2025 season were thriving […]
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Six Months Later: What the Johnston Coastal Sustainability Symposium Sparked
Six Months Later: What the Johnston Coastal Sustainability Symposium Sparked It has been six months since we gathered for the Fourth Annual Johnston Coastal Sustainability Symposium, and the conversations that began that day are already turning into real projects, new data, and community partnerships. Below is a short impact report, with...
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World Sea Turtle Day 2025 Recap
Bald Head Island Conservancy joined the global celebration of World Sea Turtle Week from June 8–16 with a full lineup of hands-on events, education, and fun. This year, BHIC kicked off the week with daily posts about the different kinds of sea turtles around the world, celebrated World Sea Turtle Day a little early on […]
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World Sea Turtle Week 2025
One of our favorite parts of the summer is finally here—World Sea Turtle Week! Every year, World Sea Turtle Week provides engaging opportunities for us to appreciate the importance of sea turtles, gain awareness of how our sea turtles are being threatened, and learn new ways to protect these magnificent animals. Sea turtle specimens […]
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2024 Sea Turtle Nesting Season, So Far…
By Paul Hillbrand, Sea Turtle Biologist FFX426, a neophyte loggerhead (Caretta caretta), was the first nesting mother observed by the Conservancy’s Sea Turtle Protection Team (STPT) in 2024. Illuminated by the night’s moon, she laid BHI’s third nest on May 5, just north of the terminal groin along West Beach. Not only was FFX426 the...
Morgan Greene
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year: Sea Turtle Nesting Season!
By Karlee Szympruch, Sea Turtle Technician It’s that time of year! The weather is warmer, the days are longer and Bald Head Island is flourishing with life. As stewards of BHI, we welcome all island visitors with open arms, but one local needs a warmer welcome than most: our resident loggerhead sea turtles. These majestic […]
Morgan Greene
2023 Nesting Season Summary
By Paul Hillbrand, Sea Turtle Biologist The 2023 sea turtle nesting season on Bald Head Island (BHI) was highlighted by the deployment of four satellite tags on nesting turtles and surpassing the 100-nest mark for the fourth time in the last five seasons. The first nesting activity occurred on 15 May and the last on […]
Morgan Greene
Adopt-A Program 2024
Every year, BHI Conservancy offers the opportunity to support BHI’s sea turtles through adoption for the 2024 season. Adoptions provide support for the Sea Turtle Protection Program while giving our members and friends the opportunity to learn more about turtles and connect with specific nests and turtles on the island. There are currently two...
Carrie Barnette
See You Soon, Sea Turtles: Preparing for the 2023 Nesting Season
by Paul Hillbrand, Sea Turtle Biologist Our unique summer residents are completing their migration home! That’s right, loggerhead sea turtles are returning to Bald Head Island for nesting season! Can you believe it? This is officially Bald Head Island Conservancy’s 40th year discovering, learning, conserving, & preserving the loggerhead sea...
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