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

Some of our volunteers with boards carrying messages

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