Students’ Sea Turtle Conservation Network

SSTCN volunteers making a sand turtle on the beach 

Showing solidarity with 180 other countries to contain CO2 emissions at 350 ppm

More hands, more sand, more water, more turtle

Krishnapriya and Naren ensuring its done just right

Compacting it

Volunteer chain bringing in bucketloads of water

Hard work and team effort sure pay off

At last we’re joined by our friends from the Govt Arts College

After lots more hard work, our mound starts to look like a turtle

Some of our volunteers with boards carrying messages

A beautiful giant sand turtle at last

Turtle Walks

At our pre-walk discussion with the public, where we talk about turtle and environmental issues

Turtle tracks on the sand indicate a nest

A beautiful nesting turtle

We keep a respectful distance as the turtle patiently lays her eggs

After nesting, she throws sand around to camouflage her nest

Taking measurements of the nesting turtle

Sudhir uses a probe to find the exact location of the nest

Abhi and Divya carefully removing the eggs from the nest

Eggs from the nest 

 Searching for turtle hatchlings from a wild nest amongst the ipomea

One of the hatchlings we found and released into the sea 

Our hatchery, located about half a kilometre from Besant Nagar beach