12.09.2025 – Welcome dance

There were all sorts of different things to see at sea today. There was even a Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) in our blue office. Blainville’s beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris), mothers with their calves were out and about. And Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) were a little reserved in the morning, but by the evening they were literally dancing around the Stenella. Was it a welcome dance for our Shorties, the holiday spotters on board?

Click here for the petitions mentioned above for the protection of Pilot whales:

https://www.lobosonda.com/marine-protection/

By Fatima Kutzschbach

Sightings of the day

Ribeira Brava

09:00 Pilot whales, Bottlenose dolphins, Blue whale

13:00 Blainville’s beaked whales, Bottlenose dolphins

Stenella

09:30 Pilot whales

13:30 Blainville’s beaked whales, Bottlenose dolphins

16:30 Pilot whales