{"id":73843,"date":"2025-05-29T16:43:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T16:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.royalresorts.com\/blog\/?p=73843"},"modified":"2025-06-10T19:51:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T19:51:08","slug":"first-turtle-nests-of-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.royalresorts.com\/blog\/june-2025\/first-turtle-nests-of-the-season\/","title":{"rendered":"First turtle nests of the season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The sea turtles have arrived. After nights of sightings without the turtles actually laying their eggs, the security team at The Royal Sands have reported the first nests of the season. The precious eggs were moved to the corral where they will be watched over until they hatch in 45 to 60 days.<\/p>\n<h3><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\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>If you see a turtle<\/h3>\n<p>If you are going to stay at Royal Resorts or Grand Residences by Royal Resorts this summer, please join us in protecting our turtle visitors.\u00a0 Follow the turtle rules:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alert the security staff when you see a turtle on the beach at night<\/li>\n<li>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<\/li>\n<li>Watch from a distance of 10 meters (33 feet)<\/li>\n<li>Do not attempt to touch the turtle or crowd her<\/li>\n<li>Do not shine a torch or use the light on your mobile phone<\/li>\n<li>No flash photography<\/li>\n<li>No smoking<\/li>\n<li>Obey security staff when they give instructions<\/li>\n<li>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<\/li>\n<li>When snorkeling or diving watch turtles from a distance, do not swim towards them and do not attempt to touch them<\/li>\n<li>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<\/li>\n<li>Turtles are protected by Mexican law, and it is illegal to disturb them, persecute or hunt them and consume their meat or eggs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sea turtles have arrived. 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