The number of nests of the Karetta-Carethta turtles, which are at risk of disappearance, which in the Kyzylot area in Antalya in August last year was 1600, this year already reached 1800.
On the coasts of Belek and Kyzylot in Antalya, which are one of the largest places of nesting of the sea turtles in the Mediterranean, this year work continues to remove the Karetta Cartes in blue waters.
as part of the project for monitoring and protecting sea turtles, prepared by the teacher of the University of Hajettepe and the President of the Association of Ecological Research (EKAD), Dr. Ali Fuat Dzhanbolat, scientists and volunteers, day and night, monitor the Karetta Careth.
Researchers and volunteers working on a 16-kilometer beach Kyzylot in the Manavgat area, pass kilometers every day and identify nests one after another.
They place plate with information on the nests and mark them using GPRS, framed the nests with wooden sticks and warning signs and take them under protection.
The first chicks began to leave the eggs buried under the sand in the nests, which the teams carefully guarded from May.
Caretta Caretta chicks leave the nests and after a difficult journey fall into blue waters.
The EKAD project manager in the Kyzylot region Biologist Fatikh Polat told the Anadolu agency that the adults began to nest in late April due to warm weather this year and reached the beach 15 days ago.
Palat explained that the hatching of the chicks also began early: “Every morning we get up at 04.00 and together with our colleagues we come to the beach and find nests. This year we discovered 1800 nests. We were happy to observe how the first chicks from these Nests are found with blue waters. “
– According to scientists, the number of nests will reach 2500
Polat said that adult individuals will lay eggs on the beach for about 25 days. He added that every day they find from 40 to 50 nests.
Polat emphasized that this year they expect to break the record for the number of nests in Kyzylot. According to him, 1,600 nests were discovered last year, and this year, according to their estimates, their number will reach 2500.
The scientist emphasized that it is very important that ATVs and cars do not go to the beach during the hacking of the Karetta.