Excavation this evening (09/09/2012)

Good morning turtle bloggers, We hope that we find you will on this somewhat cooler morning here in Alagadi. I am happy to tell you that we do have both an excavation and a hatchling release on this evening. If you would like to book on for our hatchling release, we have 30 spaces up for grabs, which we will start taking bookings for at 12pm. Our excavation is at the usual time of 4pm, and is located on bay 3, to the right of the beach bar if you are facing the sea. We hope that you can make it, See you then Collsy xxx

Lets celebrate and excavate! (08/09/2012)

Gooood morning turtle followers! I am happy to announce that we will be having another excavation on this evening, but we are still uncertain about the release. The nest that we will be excavating is located on our second beach (not the one with the beach bar on) and is located to the right of the beach bar over the headland. We will be convoying round to the nest from the base from four o'clock as usual. The season looks like it may be starting to quieten down now, and we don't want you to miss out on any excavations or anything so please do keep calling us on the goatshed phone (00905338758533) and inquire about the excavations or releases. As of yet we are uncertain of a hatchling release here at Alagadi, but if there is a release on at our West base in Akdeniz we will be offering spaces for this at 7:45pm. The releases in west take place at the Caretta bar, with signs running through Akdeniz village showing you the way. To get from Akdeniz from Alagadi, you need to go through Girne, Lapta, Karsiyaka, and up over the mountains then once here, there is a petrol station with a turning off to the right. Take this turning and follow the signs for Guzelyurt. Before you get to Guzelyurt, there's a turning again on your right by another petrol station to Akdeniz. From here you go through to the village and then follow the signs for the Caretta bar where our west crew will be waiting for you. As I say we are uncertain as to whether we have any excavations as our day workers on north and west are still hatchling hunting, so if you give us a call at 12pm then we will let you know. So we hope that you have a good day here from the Turtle Project, and hope to here from you soon. Collsy xxx

Excavation this evening (07/09/2012)

Good morning turtle bloggers, We apologies once again for the delays in the updating of the blog, but further internet issues have been re-framing us from keeping you updated. For this we apologies, but hopefully we will have no more internet related interruptions for the rest of our season! Here's hoping anyway! I am happy to say that even tho our season seems to be becoming quieter, we do have an excavation on this evening at the usual time of 4pm. Our nest this evening is located on the third bay from the Goatshed. We are uncertain about whether we have a release yet but please give us a call at 12pm to find out. For now I hope that you have a fabulous day, and hope to see some of you at our excavation this evening! Collsy xxx

Excavation and release this evening (03/09/2012)

I've gotta feeling wahooo, that tonight's going to be a good night, that tonight's gunna be a good night, that tonight's gunna be a good good night!! Good morning trusty turtle followers, I am glad to announce that we will be having both and excavation and a hatchling release on this evening. The nest this evening is located on our second bay from the Goatshed and it is a Logger nest. If you would like to meet down at our base in the village for quarter to 4, where we will leave by 4pm. In order to book on for our hatchling release for 8pm, please call us on 12pm on our goatshed line (009)05338798533. For now I wish you all a fabulous day. Hope to see you later. Collsy xxx

Turtle power time! Excavation this evening (02/09/2012)

Good morning turtle followers! I am glad to announce that after a very unusually quiet week here at Alagadi that we will be having and excavation and a release on this evening. As of yet we have only have 15 hatchlings from our morning workers, and we are still waiting for the Northies to return, so our current proceeding mean that we will be booking 15 people on for the release at 12pm and will book the other 15 hopefully after the excavation which will hopefully produce more hatchlings. As I have said the Northies have not returned yet, so we may still be booking on the whole 30 at 12pm if they return with some hatchlings. So to be on the safe side, call us to try and book at 12. If we are unsuccessful from North, or you are unsuccessful from booking on the fist 15 places, then please come down to the excavation and we can hopefully book you on after this activity. We have had some unusually high tides the last few nights, and a couple of the nests that were due to hatch were servery washed over, thus making hatching quiet for this week as the nests have sadly been inundated or washed completely away. Hopefully as we start to ring cage the final 12 with still 30 to hatch, next week will be a better week for excavations and releases. If we (here at Alagadi) are not able to hold a release, we are starting to offer people places to go to our West coast base over in Akdeniz near Guzelyurt. It is roughly an hours drive over to this beach but West have plenty of hatchlings for you to release most evenings. Today however, because it is change over for our teams, there is not one on this evening, but do give us at Alagadi a call and we will know whether or not there will be any releases. For now though I wish that you have a very pleasant day in the sunshine, and we hope to see lots of you this evening for the excavation and the hatchling release. So have a nice day, ba ba ba ba ba, So have a nice day! Collsy xxx

No excavation for the nation this evening :( (29/08/2012)

Good morning trusty turtle followers, We hope to find you well on this some what blustery day here at Alagadi! Volunteers battled through sand storms and raging waves last night, patrolling the beaches, so firstly I would like to congratulate them on making it all safely through and in one piece! However, I am sad to say that there is no public excavation on this evening, and we are uncertain whether there is going to be a hatchling release this evening, as we are still waiting for our North day crew to return. Please don't forget to give us a call at 12 noon to see whether we will be having one on. Call us on 05338798533. For now, we hope that you have a marvelous day whatever you are up to, and hopefully we will have an excavation for you tomorrow! Stay tuned for further updates! All the best Collsy xxx

Turtely Awsome!

Afternoon turtleteers! Happy to announce that after a few quiet days we do indeed have an excavation today. Yipee! The excavation will take place on our 3rd bay on alagadi (to the left of the beach bar with your back to the sea). As usual it will take place at 4pm. Please head to Goatshed for 3.45 if you'd like to go down with us, failing that, keep an eye out for us in our red t-shirts on the beach. The nest we're excavating is a Green turtle nest, so fingers crossed for some hatchlings!! As of yet, we've no hatchling release tonight. Our North beaches have been super quiet the past two days. However, if we get some hatchlings from the excavation today, there's a good chance we will be able to then book people on for a release tonight. If this is the case, head back up to goatshed after the excavation to secure your place. Remember, it's first come first served! Much as we're having a quiet start to the week, we still welcome any visitors who would like some information, so don't be shy, pop in and see us! Alternatively, you can give us a ring on 05338798533. Now, a new addition to this week! Our west base, in Akdeniz,have been feeling left out due to the lack of visitors out there. So today they are welcoming visitors down for a hatchling release. To get to Akdeniz,head west out of Girne towards Guzelyurt and follow signs for Akdeniz. We will meet at the Carretta Bar (which is very well signposted) at the usual time of 8. Akdeniz is approximately an hours drive from Girne. To book on to this release, call us at the goatshed and we'll give you all the info you need. Have a lovely day turtle folk! Lots of love, Sara P.S. All of us at goatshed would like to take this opportunity to wish one of our previous volunteers, James Lowden a VERY happy 20th birthday today. Happy Birthday James, your beautiful singing voice is missed very much.