A neighbor in Bauang moved a 110-egg olive ridley nest into a hatchery
Steve Llabaya saw tracks on the sand before dawn on October 24 and called the barangay captain. The nest is now in a hatchery, with hatchlings hoped for around Christmas Eve.
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A walk on the beach before dawn put 110 olive ridley eggs into a hatchery in Bauang, La Union. The Philippine Star, citing Agence France-Presse, reported on October 25, 2026, that Steve Llabaya saw turtle tracks around 5 a.m. on Saturday, October 24, in Barangay Pudoc and called Barangay Captain Edgar Beninsig. The municipality and the local environment office helped move the nest so it could be watched until the eggs hatch.
The paper said olive ridley eggs take about 60 days, so hatchlings from this nest may emerge around December 24. It is the province's second nest of the season. On October 13 a patroller found the first, with 114 eggs, in Ili Sur, San Juan, and those hatchlings are expected around December 13.
Coastal Underwater Resource Management Actions, which works with local partners on La Union's nesting beaches, said the group has seen more than 54,000 olive ridley hatchlings released since 2010. Executive director Carlos Tamayo asked beachgoers to keep the shore clean, quiet, and dark at night, and to report tracks instead of digging into a nest.
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The Philippine Star reported on October 25, 2026, that a man named Steve Llabaya was out early on October 24 and saw sea turtle tracks on a beach in Bauang, in the Philippines. He told the local captain right away. The nest held 110 olive ridley eggs, and people moved it into a hatchery so the eggs can be watched. Olive ridley eggs usually take about 60 days to hatch, so these hatchlings may reach the sea around December 24. Another nest found nearby on October 13 held 114 eggs.
- Why did it matter that someone reported the tracks before the nest was left on the open beach?
- What is one way beach visitors can keep a nesting beach quieter and darker at night?
- Where is La Union, and why do sea turtles return to the same kinds of beaches?
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