Thursday 30 April 2020

A balmy winter of whale and dolphin watching

The winter of 2011/12 was a particularly good one in terms on weather and sightings in the Azores. The Atlantic spotted dolphins in particular seemed to enjoy the Azorean waters for longer than usual. We encountered them until February 3rd, when they normally head for more equatorial waters in November/December. 




Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis)


Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis)


Sperm whale head (Physeter macrocephalus)


Two sperm whales


Silver scabbardfish


Portuguese man-o-war feeding on two fish 

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