May 13, 2019

01.05.2019- Spring cleaning

Lobosonda kicked off this bank holiday with a truly rewarding Spring Beach Cleanup which took place on the beautiful beach of Madalena do Mar. This was […]
May 10, 2019

30.04.2019 – The Beauty and the Beast

What do you write on a day like this? Where do you start? What gets priority? Not without reason is today’s blog title: Beauty and the […]
May 9, 2019

29.04.2019 – A broader horizon

Both our boats had wonderful sightings today. I had the pleasure of guiding a wonderful trip aboard our traditional boat this afternoon where we saw no […]
May 8, 2019

27.04.2019 – A real Bottlenose spectacle!

This afternoon we started with “small” … a small school of Common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) it was very relaxed and chilled. The animals were in resting […]
May 7, 2019

26.04.2019 – Short & sweet

This morning both our boats enjoyed sightings with two very different but equally beautiful species of dolphin; the shy Striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) and the curious […]
May 3, 2019

25.04.2019 – Results of love

Finally back to the sea, since wind and wave kept us from visiting our friends, the marine mammals. But today it was time and already in […]
May 2, 2019

22.04.2019 – A question of method

Both our boats had to venture far east, to the waters outside Ribeira Brava, to encounter a group of Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). I was aboard […]
May 1, 2019

21.04.2019 – Happy jumping dolphin confetti

Today, on Easter Sunday, there was an occasion for a survey on board of Ribeira Brava. “Would you like to go on search for Easter eggs […]
April 30, 2019

20.04.2019 – Family of choice

A group of Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) dominated our sightings today. Although they are considered to be the most commonly encountered dolphin, every sighting with these […]