Network for Endangered Sea Turtles 24 HR. HOTLINE 252-441-8622

Rescue & Rehab

Green Turtle Augie receiving treatment at STAR Center for broken front flippers
Loggerhead release
Loggerhead "Crest" looks to ocean after rehab at STAR Center

N.E.S.T. has its roots in helping injured and sick turtles. In the mid 90’s N.E.S.T. founders led by our first president Millie Overman, wanted to focus on the rehabilitation of turtles who had already beat the terrible odds of surviving those first few days and years of turtle life. They soon found that the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island had no facilities to treat injured turtles. The first injured turtles were treated in the living rooms of N.E.S.T. volunteers. Eventually, funds were secured by N.E.S.T. for a small turtle treatment facility at the aquarium. In 2014, that humble facility was replaced by the new Sea Turtle Assistance and Rehabilitation (STAR) Center at the Aquarium on Roanoke Island. NEST volunteers still help care for turtles there.

N.E.S.T. is also responsible for rescuing and transporting sick and injured sea turtles to the STAR Center. N.E.S.T. receives on its 24 hour hotline hundreds of calls a year from beachgoers reporting turtle sittings. Each of those calls is screened and then investigated by N.E.S.T. volunteers. Volunteers will then transport turtles needing treatment to the STAR Center. During winter months at times of abrupt water temperature drops, N.E.S.T. has rescued hundreds of turtles stunned by the cold water and stranded in Pamlico Sound. Many of these turtles are transported to the STAR Center. We also necropsy and collect samples from dead turtles to help researchers find out more about sea turtles.

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N.E.S.T.’s work is done under and is in compliance with Endangered Species Act Permit 22ST10 and complies with all NCWRC permit requirements   

Image Name Age/Species Strand Date / Location Cause of Strand Weight Outcome

More Info		 #49 CCSLR22061801 Snuffleupagus Loggerhead sub-adult Hayman Beach access KDH 6/18/2022; rescued by KDH ocean rescue unknown 47 kg

#51 CCTMM22082501 Behemoth Sub adult loggerhead 8/25/22 Avon - Pamlico sound unknown 138 kg

#52 CCJNL22091501 Miss Piggy Loggerhead 9/15/22 Avon unknown 96 kg

#55 CCPMB22092001 Slimey the Worm Juvenile Green 9/20/22 sick 34.4 kg

#68 CMFGW22121401 Juvenile green 12/14/22 Frisco cold stun 2.3 kg

#69 CM-KLC-221219-05 Juvenile green 12-19-2022 Buxton cold stun 2.8 kg

#70 CM-KLC-221219-07 Juvenile green 12/19/22 Kite Point NPS cold stun 2.05 kg

#71 CM-KLC-221219-06 Juvenile green 12/19/22 Frisco cold stun 2.0 kg

#72 CM-KLC-221219-03 Juvenile green 12/19/22 cold stun 3.25 kg

#73 CM-KLC-221219-08 Juvenile green 12/19/22 Kite Point NPS cold stun 3.7 kg

#74 CM-KLC-221219-04 Juvenile green 12/19/22 Kite Point NPS cold stun 1.5 kg

#75 CM-KLC-221219-02 Juvenile green 12/19/22 Kite Point NPS cold stun 3.4 kg

#76 CM-KLC-221219-01 Juvenile green 12/19/22 Kite Point NPS cold stun 2.9 kg

#77 CM-PKD-221219-04 Juvenile green 12/19/22 Sound side access #52 cold stun 3 kg

#78 CM-KLC-221219-09 Juvenile green 12/19/22 Kite Point NPS cold stun 3.75 kg

#79 CM-PKD-221219-02 Juvenile green 12/19/22 South of Kinnakeet cold stun 3.55 kg

#80 CM-KLC-221219-11 Juvenile green 12/19/22 Avon cold stun 2.3 kg

#81 CM-PKD-221219-09 Juvenile green 12/19/22 Sound side access #54 cold stun 2.95 kg

#82 CM-PKD-221219-10 Juvenile green 12/19/22 Sound side access #54 cold stun 2.35 kg

#83 CM-KLC-221219-14 Juvenile green 12/19/22 Frisco cold stun 2.65 kg

#84 CM-KLC-221219-13 Juvenile green 12/19/22 Canadian Hole cold stun 1.85 kg

#85 CM-PKD-221219-13 Juvenile green 12/19/22 Sound side access #54 cold stun 3.4 kg

#86 CM-PKD-221219-08 Juvenile green 12/19/22 Sound side access #54 cold stun 2.05 kg

#87 CM-KLC-221219-12 Juvenile green 12/19/22 Kite Point NPS cold stun 3.15 kg

#88 CM-KLC-221219-10 Juvenile green 12/19/22 Brigands Bay cold stun 2.55 kg

#89 LK-PKD-221219-05 Juvenile Kemps Ridley 12/19/22 Sound side access #52 cold stun 3.05 kg

#90 CM-PKD-221219-06 Juvenile green 12/19/22 Sound side access #53 cold stun 2.85 kg

#91 CM-KLC-221219-15 Juvenile green 12/19/22 Sandy Bay cold stun 2.55 kg

#92 LK-PKD-221219-07 Juvenile Kemps Ridley 12/19/22 Sound side access #54 cold stun 1.85 kg

#93 CM-KLC-221220-02 Juvenile green 12/20/22 Sandy Bay cold stun 3 kg

#94 CM-WPT-221220-01 Juvenile green 12/20/22 Hatteras soundside access 53 cold stun 2.7 kg

#95 CM-KLC-221220-04 Juvenile green 12/20/22 Frisco cold stun 2.1 kg Died 12/22/22

#96 LK-PKD-221220-02 Juvenile Kemps Ridley 12/20/22 Salvo cold stun 2 kg

#97 CM-KLC-221220-01 Juvenile green 12/20822 Buxton cold stun 3 kg

#98 CM-KLC-221220-05 Juvenile green 12/20/22 Frisco cold stun 3.25 kg

#99 CM-KLC-221220-03 Juvenile green 12/20/22 Sandy Bay Hatteras cold stun 1.6 kg

#100 CM-PKD-221220-01 Juvenile green 12/20/22 Salvo cold stun 2.9 kg

#101 LK-WPT-221220-02 Juvenile Kemps Ridley 12/20/22 Hatteras sound side access #53 cold stun 1.3 kg

#102 CM-KLC-221220-06 Juvenile green 12/20/22 Buxton cold stun 3.75 kg

#103 CM-KLC-221220-07 Juvenile green 12/20/22 Buxton cold stun 2.7 kg

#104 LK-PKD-221220-03 Juvenile Kemps Ridley 12/20/22 Hatteras Sound side access #46 cold stun 1.65 kg

#105 CM-PKD-221220-04 Juvenile green 12/20/22 cold stun 3.25 kg

#106 CM-KLC-221220-12 Juvenile green 12/20/22 cold stun 2.95 kg

#107 CM-KLC-221220-14 Juvenile green 12/20/22 Frisco cold stun 3.2 kg

#108 CM-KLC-221220-13 Juvenile green 12/20/22 Buxton cold stun 3.15 kg

#109 CM-KLC-221220-17 Juvenile green 12/20/22 cold stun 2.8 kg

#110 CM-WPT-221220-03 Juvenile green 12/20/22 cold stun 2.75 kg

#111 CM-KLC-221220-09 Juvenile green 12/20/22 Frisco cold stun 2.95 kg

#112 LK-KLC-221220-11 Juvenile Kemps Ridley 12/20/22 Avon cold stun 3.7 kg

#113 CM-KLC-221220-10 Juvenile green 12/20/22 Avon cold stun 2.6 kg

#114 CM-KLC-221220-08 Juvenile green 12/20/22 Frisco cold stun 3 kg

#115 CM-KLC-221220-16 Juvenile green 12/20/22 cold stun 3.35 kg

#116 CM-KLC-221220-15 Juvenile green 12/20/22 Frisco cold stun 3.2 kg

#117 CM-KLC-221220-19 Juvenile green 12/20/22 David's Point cold stun 3.1 kg

#118 LK-KLC-221220-18 Juvenile Kemps Ridley 12/20/22 Sandy Bay Hatteras cold stun 3.9 kg

#119 CM-FGW-221220-01 Juvenile green 12/20/22 Frisco cold stun 2.25 kg Died 12/22/22

#120 CM-KLC-221221-03 Juvenile green 12/21/22 Frisco cold stun 3.25 kg

#121 CM-KLC-221221-01 Juvenile green 12/21/22 Frisco cold stun 3.55 kg

#122 CM-KLC-221221-04 Juvenile green 12/21/22 Avon cold stun 3.45 kg

#123 CM-KLC-221221-02 Juvenile green 12/21/22 Frisco cold stun 2 kg

#124 CM-NMA-221221-01 Juvenile green 12/21/22 Corolla cold stun 2.05 kg

#125 CM-PKD-221221-01 Juvenile green 12/21/22 Hatteras sound side access #52 cold stun 2.15 kg

#126 CM-KLC-221221-07 Juvenile green 12/21/22 Buxton cold stun .95 kg died 12/26/22

#127 CM-KLC-221221-06 Juvenile green 12/21/22 Buxton cold stun 2.65 kg

#128 CM-KLC-221221-11 Juvenile green 12/21/22 Frisco cold stun 2.55 kg

#129 LK-KLC-221221-10 Juvenile Kemps Ridley 12/21/22 Frisco cold stun 1.7 kg

#130 CM-KLC-221221-05 Juvenile green 12/21/22 Buxton cold stun 2.6 kg

#131 CM-KLC-221221-08 Juvenile green 12/21/22 Buxton cold stun 3.7 kg

#132 CM-KLC-221221-13 Juvenile green 12/21/22 Frisco cold stun 2.45 kg

#133 CM-KLC-221221-14 Juvenile green 12/21/22 Hatteras cold stun 3.15 kg

#134 CM-KLC-221221-16 Juvenile green 12/21/22 Hatteras cold stun 1.95 kg Died 12/27/22

#135 CM-KLC-221221-17 Juvenile green 12/21/22 Hatteras cold stun 3.3 kg

#136 CM-KLC-221221-15 Juvenile green 12/21/22 Paradise Bay Hatteras cold stun 2.65 kg

#137 CM-FGW-221221-01 Juvenile green 12/21/22 Sandy Bay cold stun 2.8 kg

#138 CM-FGW-221221-02 Juvenile green 12/21/22 Sandy Bay cold stun

#139 LK-GAG-221221-01 Juvenile Kemps Ridley 12/21/22 Avon cold stun 2 kg

#140 CM-GAG-221221-02 Juvenile green 12/21/22 Avon cold stun 3.2 kg

#141 CM-PKD-221222-01 Juvenile green 12/22/22 Hatteras sound side access #54 cold stun 2.3 kg

#142 CM-KLC-221222-03 Juvenile green 12/22/22 Hatteras cold stun 3.05 kg

#143 CM-KLC-221222-02 Juvenile green 12/22/22 Hatteras cold stun 2.4 kg

#144 LK-KLC-221222-01 Juvenile Kemps Ridley 12/22/22 Hatteras cold stun 1.95 kg

#145 LKNBS22122404 Juvenile Kemps Ridley 12/24/22 Hatteras cold stun 1.55 kg Died 12/27/22

#146 CMNBS22122401 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Canadian Hole cold stun 2.9 kg Died 12/28/22

#147 CMNBS22122405 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Hatteras cold stun 1.8 kg

#148 CMNBS22122403 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Canadian Hole cold stun 3.7 kg

#149 CMNBS22122402 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Canadian Hole cold stun 3.45 kg

#150 CMNBS22122406 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Hatteras cold stun 2.45 kg

#151 CMNBS22122407 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Hatteras cold stun 3.7 kg

#152 CMKLC22122404 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Kite Point cold stun 2.35 kg

#153 CMKLC22121401 Juvenile Green 12/24/22 Frisco cold stun 1.9 kg

#154 CMKLC22122403 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Kite Point cold stun 2.4 kg

#155 CMKLC22122402 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Kite Point cold stun 2.7 kg

#156 CMNBS22122408 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Hatteras cold stun 2.35 kg Died 12/26/22

#157 CMKLC22122406 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Kite Point cold stun 3.3 kg

#158 CMKLC22122405 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Avon cold stun 4.5 kg

#159 CMKLC22122408 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Canadian Hole cold stun 2.25 kg

#160 CMKLC22122409 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Canadian Hole cold stun 2.6 kg

#161 CMKLC22122410 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Hatteras cold stun 3.25 kg

#162 CMKLC22122407 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Kite Point cold stun 2.95 kg

#163 CMKLC22122411 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Canadian Hole cold stun 3.3 kg died 12/28/22

#164 CMKLC22122416 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Rodanthe cold stun 3.15 kg

#165 CMKLC22122419 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Avon cold stun 3.05 kg

#166 CMNBS22122410 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Canadian Hole cold stun 2.9 kg Died 12/25/22

#167 CMNBS22122409 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Canadian Hole cold stun 2.5 kg

#168 CMKLC22122420 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Avon cold stun 2.8 kg

#169 CMKLC22122413 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Canadian Hole cold stun 2.6 kg

#170 CMKLC22122421 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Avon cold stun 3.2 kg

#171 CMKLC22122418 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Avon cold stun 2.7 kg

#172 CMKLC22122415 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Avon cold stun 2.95 kg

#173 CMKLC22122414 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Avon cold stun 2.4 kg

#174 CMKLC22122412 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Hatteras cold stun 2.55 kg

#175 CMKLC22122422 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Avon cold stun 2.1 kg

#176 CMKLC22122423 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Avon cold stun 2.35 kg Died 12/28/22

#177 CMKLC22122427 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Avon cold stun 2.65 kg Died 12/25/22

#178 CMKLC22122426 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Avon cold stun 2.65 kg

#179 CMKLC22122434 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Avon cold stun 2.4 kg

#180 CMKLC22122431 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Avon cold stun 3.05 kg

#181 CMKLC22122436 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Avon cold stun 2.55 kg

#182 CMKLC22122428 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Avon cold stun 2.9 kg

#183 CMKLC22122435 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Avon cold stun 4.25 kg Died 12/26/22

#184 CMKLC22122433 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Avon cold stun 4.45 kg

#185 CMKLC22122424 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Avon cold stun 2.2 kg

#186 CMKLC22122432 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Avon cold stun 2.5 kg

#187 CMKLC22122425 Juvenile green 12/24/22 Avon cold stun 3.45 kg

#188 CCKLC22122501 Loggerhead sub adult 12/25/22 Avon cold stun 10.55 kg Died 12/26/22

#189 CMKLC22122509 Juvenile green 12/25/22 Avon cold stun 2.9 kg

#190 CMKLC22122504 Juvenile green 12/25/22 Avon cold stun 4.7 kg Died 12/26/22

#191 CMKLC22122515 Juvenile green 12/25/22 Frisco cold stun 2.5 kg Died 12/26/22

#192 CMKLC22122516 Juvenile green 12/25/22 Frisco cold stun 2.25 kg Died 12/26/22

#193 CMKLC22122511 Juvenile green 12/25/22 Kite Beach cold stun 3.05 kg

#194 CMKLC22122507 Juvenile green 12/25/22 Avon cold stun 3.1 kg

#195 CMKLC22122520 Juvenile green 12/25/22 Canadian Hole cold stun 2.4 kg

#196 CMKLC22122519 Juvenile green 12/25/22 Hatteras cold stun 2.25 kg

#197 CMKLC22122523 Juvenile green 12/25/22 Kite Point cold stun 2.95 kg

#198 CMKLC22122521 Juvenile green 12/25/22Avon cold stun 4.65 kg Died 12/26/22

#199 CMKLC22122529 Juvenile green 12/25/22 BTW Avon and Buxton cold stun 3.15 kg

#200 CMKLC22122524 Juvenile green 12/25/22 Kite Point cold stun 2.85 kg

#201 CMKLC22122517 Juvenile green 12/25/22 Hatteras cold stun 2.5 kg

#202 LKKLC22122536 Juvenile Kemps Ridley 12/25/22 Avon cold stun 2.05 kg

#203 CMKLC22122541 Juvenile green 12/25/22 Avon cold stun 4.45 kg

#204 CMKLC22122539 Juvenile green 12/25/22 Avon cold stun 2.55 kg

#205 CMKLC22122540 Juvenile green 12/25/22 Avon cold stun 2.8 kg

#206 CMKLC22122538 Juvenile green 12/25/22 Avon cold stun 2.75 kg Died 12/26/22

#207 CMKLC22122533 Juvenile green 12/25/22 Hatteras village cold stun 2.6 kg

#208 CMKLC22122531 Juvenile green 12/25/22 Avon cold stun 2.8 kg

#209 CMKLC22122537 Juvenile green 12/25/22 Frisco cold stun 3.7 kg Died 12/26/22

#210 CCKLC22122535 Loggerhead sub adult 12/25/22 Frisco cold stun 12.8 kg

#211 CMKLC22122513 Juvenile green 12/25/22 Canadian Hole cold stun 3 kg

#212 CCJCP11122601 Loggerhead sub adult 12/26/22 Salvo cold stun 29.4 kg Died 12/27/22

#213 CMKLC22122628 Juvenile green 12/26/22 Avon cold stun 2.3 kg

#214 CMKLC22122625 Juvenile green 12/26/22 Avon cold stun 3.55 kg

#215 CMKLC22122606 Juvenile green 12/26/22 Kite Point cold stun 3.7 kg

#216 CMKLC22122620 Juvenile green 12/26/22 Frisco cold stun 3 kg

#217 CMKLC22122616 Juvenile green 12/26/22 Avon cold stun 2.3 kg

#219 CMKLC22122610 Juvenile green 12/26/22 Canadian Hole cold stun 3.6 kg Died 12/27/22

#218 CMKLC22122612 Juvenile green 12/26/22 Canadian Hole cold stun 2.1 kg Died 12/27/22

#220 CMKLC22122605 Juvenile green 12/26/22 Kite point cold stun 2.85 kg

#221 CMKLC22122604 Juvenile green 12/26/22 Kite point cold stun 2.5 kg

#222 CMKLC22122626 Juvenile green 12/26/22 Avon cold stun 3.45 kg

#223 CMKLC22122619 Juvenile green 12/26/22 cold stun 4.75 kg

#224 CMKLC22122607 Juvenile green 12/26/22 Canadian Hole cold stun 3.45 kg Died 12/27/22

#225 CMKLC22122630 Juvenile green 12/26/22 Avon cold stun

#226 CMKLC22122629 Juvenile green 12/26/22 Avon cold stun 3.1 kg

#227 CCKLC22122636 Loggerhead sub adult 12/26/22 Hatteras Inlet cold stun 34.8 kg

#228 CMKLC22122644 Juvenile green 12/26/22 Sandy Bay cold stun 3.4 kg

#229 CMKLC22122643 Juvenile green 12/26/22 Avon cold stun 3.6 kg

#230 LKKLC22122633 Juvenile Kemps Ridley 12/26/22 Frisco cold stun 3.3 kg

#231 CMKLC22122639 Juvenile green 12/26/22 Canadian Hole cold stun 2.15 kg

#232 CMKLC22122632 Juvenile green 12/26/22 Frisco cold stun 3.25 kg

#233 CMKLC22122637 Juvenile green 12/26/22 Frisco cold stun 2.6 kg

#234 CMKLC22122635 Juvenile green 12/26/22 Hatteras Inlet cold stun 2.05 kg

#235 CMKLC22122645 Juvenile green 12/26/22 Hatteras Ferry docks cold stun 3.4 kg

#236 CMKLC22122647 Juvenile green 12/26/22 Avon cold stun 2.95 kg

#237 CCLKC22122650 Loggerhead sub adult 12/26/22 Ocracoke cold stun 20.8 kg

#238 CMKLC22122611 Juvenile green 12/26/22 Canadian Hole cold stun 2.85 kg

#239 CMKLC22122603 Juvenile green 12/26/22 Kite point cold stun 2.55 kg

#240 CMKLC22122702 Juvenile green 12/27/22 Canadian Hole cold stun 1.75 kg

#241 CMKLC22122711 Juvenile green 12/27/22 Buxton cold stun 3.1 kg

#242 CMKLC22122711 Juvenile green 12/27/22 Hatteras Ferry Dock cold stun 2.25 kg

#243 CMKLC22122712 Juvenile green 12/27/22 Hatteras Ferry Dock cold stun 3.65 kg

#244 LKKLC22122703 Juvenile Kemps Ridley 12/27/22 Kite Point cold stun 3.25 kg

#245 CMKLC22122714 Juvenile green 12/27/22 Avon cold stun 2 kg

#246 CCKLC22122714 Loggerhead sub adult 12/27/22 Hatteras cold stun 26.2 kg

#247 LKKLC22122701 Juvenile Kemps Ridley 12/27/22 Salvo cold stun 2.15 kg

#248 CMKLC22122717 Juvenile green 12/27/22 Avon cold stun 2.7 kg

#249 CMKLC22122716 Juvenile green 12/27/22 Buxton cold stun 3.35 kg

#250 CCKLC22122718 Juvenile loggerhead 12/27/22 cold stun 2.75 kg

#251 CMKLC22122715 Juvenile green 12/27/22 Hatters Ferry cold stun 3.5 kg

#252 LKKLC22122719 Juvenile Kemps Ridley 12/27/22 Hatteras Inlet cold stun 9.5 kg

#253 CMKLC22122720 Juvenile green 12/27/22 cold stun 3.45 kg

#254 LKKLC22122709 Juvenile Kemps Ridley 12/27/22 Hatteras cold stun 1.9 kg Died 12/28/22