Rare sea turtle lays 'precious' eggs on mid-north coast

An endangered Loggerhead Turtle has ventured onto land on the NSW coast to lay its eggs. (Julian Smith/AAP PHOTOS)

The first known turtle nesting of the season has been logged on the NSW mid-north coast, with a rare sea turtle coming to shore to lay its eggs.

An endangered Loggerhead Turtle ventured onto land to lay 139 eggs, but there were fears about king tides washing them out to sea before they were ready to hatch, Environment Minister Penny Sharpe said on Monday.