{"id":65634,"date":"2023-06-15T17:17:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T17:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.royalresorts.com\/blog\/?p=65634"},"modified":"2023-06-23T22:28:37","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T22:28:37","slug":"first-sea-turtle-of-the-2023-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.royalresorts.com\/blog\/june-2023\/first-sea-turtle-of-the-2023-season\/","title":{"rendered":"First sea turtle of the 2023 season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-liwfh28d-8bb6c201b43ff922f44b3c9bfc353be0\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-liwfh28d-8bb6c201b43ff922f44b3c9bfc353be0{\npadding-bottom:10px;\ncolor:#00467f;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-liwfh28d-8bb6c201b43ff922f44b3c9bfc353be0 .special-heading-inner-border{\nborder-color:#00467f;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-liwfh28d-8bb6c201b43ff922f44b3c9bfc353be0 av-special-heading-h1 custom-color-heading blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >First sea turtle of the 2023 season<\/h1><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border'><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65689\" src=\"https:\/\/www.royalresorts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/turtle-nesting.jpg\" alt=\"Turtle nesting\" width=\"845\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.royalresorts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/turtle-nesting.jpg 845w, https:\/\/www.royalresorts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/turtle-nesting-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.royalresorts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/turtle-nesting-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.royalresorts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/turtle-nesting-705x473.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our sea turtle visitors are arriving! The first nest of the 2023 season was registered at The Royal Sands on May 24 and 90 precious green turtle eggs were moved to the corral further up the beach where they will be safe from predators and the passage of human feet. In 45 to 60 days, the eggs will hatch, and the tiny turtles will be released to begin life at sea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>From experience, we know that the season always begins slowly in May and picks up in early June after the first rains of the season. This was the case and there are now 89 nests at The Royal Sands with 9,956 eggs. Since then, our turtle guardians have been very busy, with between two and eight female turtles a night to watch over as they come ashore to lay their eggs.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also in May, turtle guardians working for Flora, Fauna y Cultura, an NGO which patrols many of the most important turtle nesting sites in the Riviera Maya, reported a leatherback turtle nest in the Xcacel-Xcacelito turtle sanctuary, this is the first time a leatherback has been registered on Xcacel beach and hopefully she will return again in the years to come.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We will be keeping you posted with news from the resorts and other nesting areas in the Mexican Caribbean during turtle season. In the meantime, for members and guests who will be staying with us this summer, here are the turtle rules to follow.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Alert the security staff when you see a turtle on the beach at night<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Be very quiet and keep still, noise, lights and the movement of people disturb nesting sea turtles and cause them to leave the beach without laying eggs<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Watch from a distance of 10 meters (33 feet)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Do not attempt to touch the turtle or crowd her <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2028<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Do not shine a torch or use the light on your mobile phone\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> No flash photography\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> No smoking<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Obey security staff when they give instructions\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If you are staying in a beachfront villa, turn the lights off when you go to bed. Artificial light can disorientate turtles and lead them inland instead of back towards the waves.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Help us to keep our beaches and sea clean. Plastic straws, bags, packaging, fishing lines and nets and other garbage floating in the water are lethal to turtles and other marine life<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> When snorkeling or diving, watch turtles from a distance, do not swim towards them and do not attempt to touch them\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Wear a t-shirt when snorkeling as protection from the sun instead of applying sun block. Sun products pollute the water and are harmful to marine life<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Turtles are protected by Mexican law, and it is illegal to disturb them, persecute or hunt them and consume their meat or eggs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our sea turtle visitors are arriving! 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