Southcoast Terrapin Sighting Form

Southcoast Terrapin Project

Sighting Report
Contact Information - NECWA will not share your contact information with any other organization or business. This information will only be used to verify the sighting information below.
Diamondback Terrapin - Malaclemys terrapin

The only marsh turtle that lives in New England. Use this form to report live, injured or dead terrapins that you observed in the southcoast area of Massachusetts.
Full Name*

First NameLast Name
E-mail*
Organization:
Address*

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code
Phone Number*

Area CodePhone Number
Sighting Information
Date and Time of the Sighting*

MonthDayYearHourMinutesAM/PM Option
General Location:*
GPS Position - Latitude:
Decimal degrees format preferred, ex. 41.737224
GPS Position - Longitude:
Decimal degrees format preferred, ex. -70.664037
Note: Please enter the GPS coordinates if you know them. If you did not record the coordinates for the sighting location, you can provide an estimated location by using Google Maps or Google Earth.

For Google Earth, place the cursor where you saw the terrapin and read the latitude and longitude indicated on the bottom right of the window.

For Google Maps, double-click on the map where you saw the terrapin and a dialog box should pop-up with the latitude and longtiude

To convert latitude and longitude positions into decimal degrees, go to the Earth Point website for a free and easy conversion software.
What was spotted? A nest or a terrapin?
If you are reporting a nest, was it intact or disturbed?
If you saw a terrapin, how many?
If you saw a terrapin, was it alive, injured or dead?
If the terrapin is injured, please call the rescue number for the Southcoast Terrapin Project at 508-566-0009.
If you saw a terrapin, where was it located?
If you saw a terrapin, estimate its size (inches):
Upload Images - Please upload your images of the terrapin below. Photos help validate the sighting data and provide additional information such as photo-ID. Send additional photos and/or videos to contact@necwa.org.
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If you have additional photos and/or video, please send to contact@necwa.org. Please indicate date and time in the subject heading.
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- Thank you for sending us this sighting report of a Diamondback terrapin. To learn more about the New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance (NECWA), go to our website at www.necwa.org.
The Southcoast Terrapin Projecct is a project with the New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance (NECWA), an all-volunteer nonprofit based in southeastern MA. We work to better understand and protect the unique coastal marine wildlife in New England waters. Your efforts are helping us achive this goalTo learn more about NECWA and to support this project and our other community projects, go to www.necwa.org and thank you.
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Diamondback Terrapin - Malaclemys terrapin