This is the moment a loggerhead sea turtle is checked by experts after becoming the latest to visit a popular tourist beach in Valencia, in Spain. to lay her eggs.
The incident took place on the beach of La Devesa in El Saler, in Valencia region, eastern Spain, when the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) laid 79 eggs on Thursday, 13th July.
With this nest, there have been six nesting events detected on the coast of Valencia region this year, which is a historic record in the beaches of the region.
A group of bathers called emergency services around 8.30 pm after seeing the turtle in the water near the seashore.
A network that has been set up in the Valencia community then swung into action, and members of the Agriculture department of the region, Valencia University and the foundation Oceanografic went to the area to protect the nest and the turtle.
Vets of the Oceanografic also carried out an echography of the turtle and a blood test while other workers installed a satellite tracker to monitor the animal in the following months and to know more about her travel.
Some 69 of the eggs were put in a protected beach of the natural park of Albufera and 10 were carried in incubators to the foundation Oceanografic to spread the risk and increase the likelihood of survival of the hatchlings.
According to the press statement of Oceanografic obtained by Newsflash, more than 400 eggs of sea turtles have been spawned on the beach of Denia, Gandia, Elche and Valencia in recent weeks.
