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marine turtle sightings in the UK

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Leatherbacks, the largest marine turtles, are the species most frequently recorded in UK waters © Peter Richardson / MCS

Leatherbacks, the largest marine turtles, are the species most frequently recorded in UK waters.
© Peter Richardson / MCS
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Perry, the subadult loggerhead that stranded on Perranporth, Cornwall, in 2002. © Peter Richardson / MCS

Perry, the loggerhead that stranded on Perranporth, Cornwall, in 2002.
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Only juvenile Kemp's ridleys, like this one, have been recorded in UK waters.. © Peter Richardson / MCS

Only juvenile Kemp's ridleys, like this one, have been recorded in UK waters.
© Peter Richardson / MCS
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There has only been one record of the hawksbill turtle in the seas off the UK and Eire. © Peter Richardson / MCS

There has only been one record of the hawksbill turtle in the seas off the UK and Eire.
© Peter Richardson / MCS

The first ever live stranded green turtle recorded in the UK, temporarily housed and rehabilitated at the Guernsey Aquarium before being flown to the Canary Islands for further treatment and eventual release into the Atlantic. © Peter Richardson / MCS

The first ever live stranded green turtle recorded in the UK, temporarily housed and rehabilitated at the Guernsey Aquarium before being flown to the Canary Islands for further treatment and eventual release into the Atlantic.
© Peter Richardson / MCS
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