for sea-turtle nest volunteers

Snap a photo.
Protect a nest.

A cute, field-ready app for volunteers protecting loggerhead sea-turtle nests — from the dawn crawl to the night the hatchlings reach the sea.

Offline-first · works with no signal · Russian · Turkish · English
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What it does

Everything a nesting-beach volunteer needs — effortless in the field.

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Shared map + AR finder

Every nest on one map — plus an AR mode: point your phone and see nests pinned where they physically are.

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Nest lifecycle

Countdown to hatch, a timeline of updates, and an honest temperature-based sex-prediction range.

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Excavation record

FWC counts → hatching % and emergence success, exported as a PDF for the authority — coordinated, not a show.

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Guides & facts

What to do in the field — found a nest, no lights at night, beach rules — in your language.

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Patrols & community

Coverage tracking so you don't re-walk a stretch, protected beaches, WhatsApp & Instagram.

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Your impact

See how many hatchlings you helped reach the sea, keep a streak, earn badges.

Made for the beach

Simple, warm, legible in the sun.

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Free & open source

The whole app is MIT-licensed — iOS, Android and the shared code. Fork it and run your own sea-turtle (or any wildlife) nesting-beach app for your community.

⟨⟩ View on GitHub ↗
MIT License

Built by volunteers, for volunteers

Made for Caretta Gazipaşa on Türkiye's protected nesting beaches, and designed to work for any sea-turtle volunteer community. Loggerhead nesting work is done in coordination with the local conservation authority.

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