During the last few months Bermuda has been experiencing an influx of baby sea turtles stranding on our beaches.
The Department of Conservation Services reports that while it is not uncommon for juvenile loggerhead turtles to get caught up in large rafts of Sargassum seaweed, which routinely washes ashore during winter months, very rarely do Green Turtles show up and never in such numbers.
The Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo [BAMZ] normally expect to receive perhaps one or two turtles every year. These are nursed back to health and released far out to sea, with the help of the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, so they can continue their journey.