January 1, 2017
Logbook entry of Stenella from Lobosonda. Your Guide Fatima is speaking: A stormy day and absolutely no chance to go on search for marine mammals in […]
December 30, 2016
As it happens this morning we met Stenellas while we were out with our boat Stenella. Their scientific name is Stenella frontalis or in English Atlantic […]
December 28, 2016
On the last trips before we enter the Christmas holidays we have sighted the three smallest dolphin species present in our clear Atlantic waters. The playful […]
December 27, 2016
A group of around 20 Pilot whales (G. macrorhynchus) stayed for some minutes right beside the “Ribeira Brava”, that was our sighting this morning, after navigating […]
December 24, 2016
An eventful year with many adventures, nice guests and wonderful encounters with marine mammals is coming to an end. Our Lobosonda team wishes our guests a […]
December 23, 2016
You might be surprised by this Blog title. Christmas is in a hurry, why? There are years when a Christmas gift comes earlier. This happened yesterday […]
December 23, 2016
The ancient Greeks called dolphins ‘hieros ichthys’, which means ‘sacred fish’. Dolphins play a role in many Greek myths, where they were always depicted as altruistic […]
December 23, 2016
You might be surprised by this Blog title. Christmas is in a hurry, why that? There are years when a Christmas gift comes earlier. This happened […]
December 22, 2016
On a Sunday in November we got very surprised by a Fin whale sighting. After a long search for animals we finally got the information that […]