ALERT
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
A rehabilitated loggerhead sea turtle was recently released by the Virginia Aquarium Stranding Team and wandered into the Eastern Branch of the Lynnhaven River. He is 3-4 feet in length and has a radio transmitter on his back. According to radio transmissions, he has been in the Eastern Branch for about four days. Stranding team members are very interested in checking on him to make sure that he is okay. If you spot him, please do not intervene, but please do call the stranding team at 757-437-6159 and wait with him until stranding team members arrive. The most recent radio transmission showed him to be in the Brown Cove area (Holly Point Road and Five Points Road in the Rose Hall Shores area). We at LRNow would also like to hear if anyone spots him. You can call our office at 757-962-5398 or email me at kforget@lynnhaven2007.com.

sounds like a job for the kayakers

If I am catching fish, I see a turtle float by, am I supposed to stop catching fish and follow him around until someone else comes??? I think not. I'll remember the direction it is traveling.

Stay by him John, he may have a Cobia under him!

i saw a loggerhead over on lat shoal on sunday no transmiter thing had a head the size of a beachball looked like a vw bug

I will keep an eye out I live on Broad Bay.I hope he doesent get clipped by a boat.

my philosophy is ya cant play god in these situations, they will go where they want. the circle of life is a true circle.

he needs a TOM TOM. aside from that Darwin speaks the truth, he/ she is an animal of instinct and the waters of the eliz are quite warm right now.... don't know the details of his/her release point but i would imagine there could have been a better place....

Good attitude!

i saw him day before yesterday in the lynnhaven while jet skiing, by my house, i am on the lynnhaven up by kings grant littleneck area

Jimmy and I saw a turtle in crab creek, he was about 12" diameter. We looked but he had no ipod.

there was a big ol' turtle hangin' round the 3rd island yesterday

I live in brown cove and saw him last week while we were jetsking around outside the cove. He/she was very friendly. My son and I stopped the engine and he hung out with us for about 45 seconds. I tried to get a number on him, it was something that started with an LXXXXXXXX. The turtle appeared to have a soar on it's head.

anyway, to late now to call...

Saw a HEEEUGE Turtle out at the High rise on Sunday, never really close enough to see if he had a transmitter however.
ALOT of rays too!

Tight Lines
-Rob