Marine Turtle status Report - Indian Ocean - South-East Asian ...

5.2.2. Indicators of nestingOn Kulapuan, village head Ibnu bin Amil guided the survey team to find twoHawksbill and one Green turtle nests along the eastern beach of the island. Thevillage head mentioned that the nests were laid in 2008. The number of eggs andhatchlings were unknown. No crawl or egg shell was observed.On Boheyan, village head Abdul Muhi Marabahan and the survey team recordedone Green turtle nest along the southern beach of the island. The village headmentioned the nest was laid in 2008. The number of eggs and hatchlings wereunknown. No crawl or egg shell was observed.On Pandanan, Datu Pengiran Ahmad pointed out 18 Green turtle and twoHawksbill turtle nests. He mentioned that the nests were laid from 2008 to 2010along the beaches of the island. There were several egg shells observed as well.Three staff members of Pulau Sipadan Resort and Tours. Sdn. Bhd. assisted withthe survey on Timba-Timba, where four old nests and a few egg shells wereobserved. A Green turtle crawl was also observed near the staff quarters.Marine biologist Amelia Ng and three patrollers of the Reef Dive Resort andTours Sdn. Bhd. assisted the survey team in identifying 16 Green turtle and fourHawksbill turtle nests on Mataking. Amelia mentioned that the nests were laidfrom 2008 to 2010 around the beaches of the island. There were egg shells andtwo Green turtle crawls observed as well.Dive instructor Sally Usher and two patrollers of the Sipadan Pom-Pom IslandResort and Tours Sdn. Bhd. helped the survey team to find seven Green turtleand one Hawksbill turtle nests on Pom-Pom. Sally noted that the nests were laidfrom 2009 to 2010 around the beaches of the island. Several egg shells wereobserved as well.Data on nests, eggs and hatchlings of Pandanan, Pom-Pom and Mataking arepresented in Section 5.3.5.2.3 VegetationCoastal vegetation cover varied from island to island. Most turtle nests werefound underneath the coastal vegetation. The turtles seem to have a preferencefor nesting underneath Pandanus sp. (Screw pine) (Figure 9).24