Are sea turtles returning to Malta
The last successful nesting of Caretta caretta at Ramla tal-Mixquqa (Golden Bay) was in the 1960’s.
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The loggerhead turtle breeding grounds closest to Malta are Spiaggia dei Conigli (Rabbit Beach) in Lampedusa and the shores of Tunisia and Libya. But the largest populations of loggerhead turtle in the Mediterranean are found in the eastern Mediterranean, with beaches in Greece, such as Zakynthos Beach, Kazanli Beach in Turkey and Akamas Beach in Cyprus hosting the largest numbers of nesting turtles. The loggerhead species has even been reported nesting in Egypt’s Nile delta. But are they returning.
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The Caretta caretta (loggerhead sea turtle) is omnivorous, feeding mainly on bottom-dwelling invertebrates, such as gastropods, bivalves, and decapods. It has a greater list of known prey than any other sea turtle. Other food items include sponges, corals, sea pens, polychaete worms, sea anemones, cephalopods, barnacles, brachiopods, isopods, insects, bryozoans, sea urchins, sand dollars, sea cucumbers, starfish, fish (eggs, juveniles, and adults), hatchling turtles (including members of its own species), algae, and vascular plants.
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Photo from Times of Malta.
