Surveillance is reinforced for the nest of Cala Millor in light of a possible birth of sea turtles

After the birth of the first sea turtles of the nest of the beach of Can Pere Antoni, the Consortium for the Recuperació de Fauna de les Illes Balears (COFIB) search for volunteers to watch the nest located at Cala Millor, where a turtle (caretta caretta) layed 82 eggs the past 7th of July.

The COFIB wants to make a team of volunteers that want to participate in shifts to watch over the period of waiting for the birth of these turtles, from the 28th of August until the 15th of September, to detect the first emerging newborns.

This team will be organized in morning, afternoon and evening shifts to cover the surveillance of the nest for the 24 hours of the day. During these shifts, the staff assigned has to be attentive to the birth of these turtles and to follow the protocol at the moment that it happens. They will also have to attend to curious people that come up to ask information about the nest.

The volunteers that will be part of the surveillance team will do a training course, with basic information about the nesting of turtles, to know how they should act at all times.