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Bageshri holidaying with Odisha olive ridleys off Sri Lanka coast
Updated On: 05 August, 2023 07:43 AM IST | Mumbai | Ranjeet Jadhav
She covers 2,000 km, while Guha is 750 km off Guhagar where they were satellite-tagged in Feb
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Bageshri, the satellite-tagged turtle her course as of Friday
Having completed two orbits off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, the satellite-tagged turtle Bageshri is now 200 km off the eastern coastal city of Kalmunai in Sri Lanka. Interestingly, the area where Bageshri is now is also the spot where ‘arribada’ nesting turtles from Odisha are at this point in time. Virendra Tiwari, director, Wildlife Institute of India (WII) said, “The straight-line distance travelled by Bageshri is around 2,000 km and Guha [another turtle] is 750 km from Guhagar [in Ratnagiri] where both of them were satellite-tagged in February this year.”
On the night of February 21, the WII team, Mangrove Foundation and the Maharashtra forest department’s Ratnagiri division patrolled Guhagar beach, and Bageshri and Guha, two female olive ridley turtles, were restrained after they had nested. On the morning of February 23, the turtles were returned to the sea after the WII team had fitted them with satellite transmitters. Dr R Suresh Kumar, scientist, department of endangered species management, WII and his team have been tracking the interesting journey of the turtles.
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