Although the loggerhead turtle cannot survive in our waters it is the second most common to be reported to us. The loggerhead sea turtle grows to around 1m when fully grown, but most the ones that turn up on the UK & Irish shoreline are juveniles not much larger that your hand. Juvenile loggerhead turtle. Immature loggerheads often have sharp keels on their vertebral scutes and posterior marginal scutes. These recede with larger size and age. The skin ranges from yellow to brown in colour, and the shell is typically reddish brown. The loggerhead sea turtle is found in warmer waters around the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, as well as the Mediterranean Sea. The loggerhead turtle is classified as ‘Vulnerable’ on the ‘The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species’.
