The two olive ridley sea turtles that were radio-tagged by the Mangrove Cell and the Wildlife Institute of India at Ratnagiri’s Guhagar beach recently have been providing the authorities with useful information. Both Bageshri and Guha (what the female turtles were named) have crossed over to Goa’s nearshore waters after making a steady southward progress.

Slow and steady

On April 8, the Mangrove Cell of the Maharashtra Forest Department tweeted, “Both Bageshri and Guha have been steadily moving south and have crossed over to the nearshore waters of Goa. As of today both Bageshri and Guha have moved off South about 275 and 250 km straight line distance from Guhagar respectively.”