Pawleys Island’s first sea turtle nest of season comes to beach
SCUTE recorded the first sea turtle nest in Pawleys Island of the 2024 season on May 13. (Credit: Rick Scott, Head of SCUTE)
(WPDE) — The first sea turtle of the season to come ashore on Pawley’s Island was recorded on Monday morning.
The South Carolina United Turtle Enthusiasts (SCUTE) found the new nest on a morning walk to start the week.
Sea turtle nesting season began on the first day of the month, but the first nest of the year was claimed by a mama loggerhead in Garden City who came ashore a few days early.
SCUTE has been keeping track of the nests along the state’s shore. The nearly 250 volunteers belonging to SCUTE walk the beach daily at sunrise to look for turtle tracks and potential nests.
