Texas Sea Turtle Nest Update 5/25/2018

Courtesy Dr. Donna Shaver

Today, 1 loggerhead nest was found in Texas, on Galveston Island.

KEMP'S RIDLEY TURTLE
So far this year, 148 nests have been confirmed on the Texas coast including (north to south in state):

0 Bolivar Peninsula

0 Galveston Island

0 Brazoria County, N. of Surfside 

3 Surfside Beach 

0 Quintana Beach 

1 Bryan Beach 

1 Brazoria County, N. of Sargent Beach 

0 Sargent Beach 

3 Matagorda Peninsula 

0 Matagorda Island

5 San Jose Island

7 Mustang Island

86 North Padre Island, including 79 at Padre Island National Seashore

39 South Padre Island

3 Boca Chica Beach 

LOGGERHEAD TURTLE
So far this year, 1 nest has been confirmed on the Texas coast including (north to south in state):

1 Galveston Island

Data presented here are preliminary. Do not cite or quote without permission. Contact Donna Shaver for further information.

Updates regarding nesting are also posted at the Padre Island National Seashore website: www.nps.gov/pais