Our Latest News- May 6, 2026

Argostoli Field Station

The start of the season has arrived in Argostoli, and our first group of volunteers have arrived and got right to work. The sun has returned, and our early-season tagging is now underway.

Our first group helped us capture and mark 41 new loggerhead turtles, with a total of 76 turtles (both new and previously known) recorded across four different shifts. This is a part of our Capture-Mark-Recapture (CMR) project that is vital to understanding more about the population of sea turtles, both locally and in the larger surrounding area.

They have also been getting involved in other activities, including beach profiling, beach clean-ups, and participating in the Argostoli municipality clean-up in Argostoli harbour and lagoon area, while still saving some energy for evening activities such as beach rounders, beach yoga, and turtle bingo.

We also carried out a successful rescue of Mesut, a turtle spotted via drone survey with a fishing line tightly entangled around his front right flipper. We managed to act quickly, remove the line, assess him, and release Mesut back into the harbour. He is expected to make a full recovery with time.

We thank the volunteers for their assistance with this rescue and throughout their time here.