#MarineWildlife - The Clare Herald reports that a loggerhead turtle who stranded on a beach near Quilty in November year will soon be fit for release back into the sea.

As previously reported on Afloat.ie, Leon the loggerhead – named after the famous Quilty shipwreck – was rushed to the Galway Atlantaquarium for rehabilitation after a local woman spotted the rare visitor to Ireland's shores.

After some 10 months of care at the hands of the aquarium's marine wildlife experts, Leon is now set to return to the wild, with a big celebration planned for her release at the Salthill aquarium this Sunday 21 September.