The Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo is monitoring three young sea turtles, including a loggerhead that was found in April with one of its flippers missing.

Patrick Talbot, curator at BAMZ, said the reptiles required daily care, and each week data such as their weight and length was recorded to track their progress.

Five of the world’s sea turtles can be found in Bermuda’s waters.

They include the green sea turtle, the leatherback, the loggerhead, the hawksbill and the Kemp’s ridley.

Research has shown that almost all the sea turtles found in the island’s waters are immature.

Roma Hayward, animal and quarantine officer at BAMZ, said the facility’s Wildlife Rehabilitation Programme received the post-hatchling loggerhead in April after it was found floating at the passage near Agar’s Island, minus one of its front flippers.

Ms Hayward said the turtle had since healed and was able to swim and dive. It gained 302 grams and grew about four centimetres in length while under BAMZ care.

In May, the facility received a post-hatchling hawksbill that was found floating in Flatts Inlet.

This turtle has gained 149 grams and has grown by three centimetres.

She said a juvenile green sea turtle was also under BAMZ watch.

The reptile, which is only 21 centimetres long, was found entangled in a cargo net and was taken to the aquarium by Mark Outerbridge, a wildlife ecologist with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

Ms Hayward said the animals were “in good health and are waiting until we can find a large enough mat of Sargasso so that they can be released”.

She said all were in the pelagic life stage “where they float around in the ocean current with the Sargasso until they reach the size to move on to the shelf”.

She added: “Our little green sea turtle likely has another year or two before it moves from Bermuda for its teen years.”

Ms Hayward urged residents to report any instances where wildlife may be trapped or threatened.

She explained: “One reason is for the health and wellbeing of the animal. We want to give them immediate care so that they have a better chance of survival.”

Alerting the authorities would help an animal in distress, she said.

She noted that sea turtles were protected species and “being able to assist the survival of these species is important”.

Mr Talbot said throughout the year, BAMZ cared for animals of various sizes, with staff trained to care for wildlife.

He explained: “We could get anything like a whale that we have to deal with; we are the rehab centre for the island and we deal with any wild animal that comes in injured or sick.”

He added: “We have been called out to deal with insects, black widow spiders and even snakes.

“There is a lot of care that goes into them.

“If we get a call from the docks about something that comes in on a ship or a boat, we are the ones that are responsible for them.

“Dealing with the seabirds, dealing with the turtles and dealing with the whales, there is a whole difference with all of them.”

Meanwhile, Mr Talbot noted that during the summer, many interns and volunteers work alongside staff of BAMZ, gaining valuable hours of experience.

Many accrue “hands-on experience with husbandry and medical care of wildlife as well as our Marine and Zoo animals”.

He added: “They certainly make the job a lot easier.”