Current Projects
Ascension Island
Darwin-Gabon
Northern Cyprus
Satellite Tracking
Completed Projects
Darwin-Anegada
Darwin-Cayman
Guinea Bissau
Little Cayman
TCOT
TUKOT
Lucy Hawkes
Marine
Turtle Research Group
Marine Turtle Research Group
Centre for Ecology and Conservation
University of Exeter in Cornwall
Tremough Campus
Penryn TR10 9EZ UK
Lucy graduated from the University of Plymouth (UK) in 2001 with a BSc in Marine Biology and Coastal Ecology and studied sandy beach ecology for her undergraduate thesis. After completing an undergraduate internship in North Carolina, Lucy worked for 2 years as the sea turtle program coordinator for Bald Head Island Conservancy. Lucy's research centres on the nesting ecology of the loggerhead sea turtle, including satellite telemetry of the post nesting migratory movements of turtles from North Carolina. The tracks of these turtles can be viewed on the web. Other areas of specific interest include loggerhead diving behaviour, hatchling sex ratios and epibiotic organisms of nesting turtles.
Lucy with loggerhead at Bald Head Island North Carolina.