Take a break Turtle nest found

ANOTHER sea turtle nest was found on a beach in Mallorca this week.

The discovery on Cala Millor (Sant Llorenç) is the second such finding on the island in just one month.

Experts from the Balearic Islands Fauna Recovery Consortium (COFIB) and Palma Aquarium located the nest with 82 eggs after they were alerted on Sunday of the presence of a video on social networks showing a loggerhead sea turtle after presumably laying the eggs on Cala Millor beach.

After contacting the us­ er who had uploaded the video, the experts learned that the event had probably taken place the previous Friday.

They rushed to the scene and cordoned off the nest site, taking 10 of the eggs to an incubator and leaving the remaining 72 on the sand where they will be watched until they hatch in about two months’ time.

On June 8 a nest with 106 turtle eggs was discovered on Can Pere Antoni beach in Palma, the first recorded instance of turtle nesting on the island.

TRADES union Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) have announced plans to open their offices in Mallorca for people who are working outside to have somewhere cool to rest, access to fresh drinking water and a toilet. The special measure will begin on Monday July 17 and will continue until September 15.

The office on Calle Francesc de Borja Moll, 3 in Palma will be open from 9am to 5pm from Monday to Thursday and from 9am to 2pm on Fridays.

The offer is open to everyone who works outside,