PM Lee witnesses 147 turtle hatchlings emerge from Little Sisters’ Island nest
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong bore witness to a clutch of hawksbill baby turtles emerging from their nest after 147 eggs successfully hatched on Little Sisters’ Island.
PM Lee and his wife Ho Ching spent Sunday morning, Sept. 8, 2019 touring the Southern Islands.
The prime minister shared his morning excursion on Facebook:
He wrote that they were “extremely lucky” to witness the event and encouraged Singaporeans to take their children to parks and nature reserves to explore these places.
Turtle hatchery
The National Parks Board turtle hatchery opened on Little Sisters’ Island about a year ago on Sept. 29, 2018.
The clutch of hawksbill baby turtles that PM Lee saw emerge from the nest was the highest number hatched so far in 2019.
The hatchery is to allow conservationists to better protect rare sea turtles.
Nesting season lasts from around May to October. There are between 120 and 180 eggs in each nest.
NParks said the facility is located on Small Sister’s Island because it sits between East Coast Park and the other Southern Islands, the two areas where most turtle nesting activities have been recorded since 2005.
Staff and volunteers will transport eggs found across Singapore to the incubation sandpit if their original sites are not suitable.
Volunteers help to take measurements of the weight and length of the baby hawksbill turtles before they are released to the sea:
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong bore witness to a clutch of hawksbill baby turtles emerging from their nest after 147 eggs successfully hatched on Little Sisters’ Island.
PM Lee and his wife Ho Ching spent Sunday morning, Sept. 8, 2019 touring the Southern Islands.
The prime minister shared his morning excursion on Facebook:
He wrote that they were “extremely lucky” to witness the event and encouraged Singaporeans to take their children to parks and nature reserves to explore these places.
Turtle hatchery
The National Parks Board turtle hatchery opened on Little Sisters’ Island about a year ago on Sept. 29, 2018.
The clutch of hawksbill baby turtles that PM Lee saw emerge from the nest was the highest number hatched so far in 2019.
The hatchery is to allow conservationists to better protect rare sea turtles.
Nesting season lasts from around May to October. There are between 120 and 180 eggs in each nest.
NParks said the facility is located on Small Sister’s Island because it sits between East Coast Park and the other Southern Islands, the two areas where most turtle nesting activities have been recorded since 2005.
Staff and volunteers will transport eggs found across Singapore to the incubation sandpit if their original sites are not suitable.
Volunteers help to take measurements of the weight and length of the baby hawksbill turtles before they are released to the sea:
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