Sea Turtle Nest Monitoring System

South Carolina DNR Sea Turtle Conservation Program

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Nests
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6-10
11-20
21-40
40+

Beach Description

South Carolina DNR Sea Turtle Conservation Program

Little Capers Island is located in Beaufort County on the southern end of Pritchard's Island. The nesting beach is approximately 5.9 km long and stretches from Trenchard's Inlet (south-Bull Point beach) north across Turtle creek and Moon Creek to Pritchard's Inlet which separates Little Capers and Pritchard's Island. Little Capers Island was surveyed by SCDNR staff up until 2020, when the Pritchard's Island volunteer team took over surveys. In 2024 volunteers along with USCB faculty/student conducted surveys.


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Summary What does this mean Activity

DNA Samples Assigned: 1 (1.0%)
Unique Females: 1 (analysis incomplete)
Nests: 101
  In Situ: 55
  Relocated: 46 (45.5%)
  Inventoried: 86 (85.1%)
  Lost: 10 (9.9%)
  Unknown: 5
False Crawls: 53

Estimated Eggs to Date: 10549
  Eggs Lost: 595 (5.6%)
  Hatched Eggs: 7425
  Emerged Hatchlings: 7001
  Mean Incubation Duration (all): 53 days
  Mean Clutch Count: 120 eggs (Relocated Only)

Mean Hatch Success: 59.2%
Mean Emergence Success: 55.7%
Nest Success: 83.3%
Beach Success: 65.5%

Last Updated: 2026-10-13 17:07:38 (2.9 days ago)

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Significant Nest Losses
Egg Status Egg Losses
SpeciesNestsFalse Crawls
Loggerhead10052
Green Turtle1
Unknown1