Richard Aspinall

The two most common species of turtle I encounter are Greens and Hawksbills. Sensibly, both species keep their distance from humans and in poor conditions, when the visibility is bad, you might not get enough time to do more than squeeze of a few photos. Identifying the species might be something for later, when you can review your images on land. So how to tell them apart? There are several key differences between the two species. Hawksbills have a pronounced ‘over bite’,