March 29, 2017

18.03.2017 – Standby weather

A cloudy day with some rain was presented to us today and we had a Ribeira Brava tour scheduled for the morning. While skipper and spotter discussed […]
March 28, 2017

17.03.2017 – Hot tea!

Going out with the Ribeira Brava in the morning and in the afternoon, on both trips, we had the same group of Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). […]
March 27, 2017

16.03.2017- Taking chances

Today during our morning trip we decided, with our guests, to take a chance and go out not minding the greyish weather. We delayed the tour […]
March 23, 2017

15.03.2017 – Evasive Fin Whales

In the last trips, it has happened already a few times, that from land the spotter suspects of Fin-whale (Balaenoptera physalus) sightings but unfortunately it has been difficult […]
March 22, 2017

14.03.2017 – Looks can be deceiving

The day started with a trip on the Ribeira Brava, were we were alluded by a large concentration of Cory`s Shearwaters (Calonectris borealis) only 1 nm […]
March 21, 2017

13.03.2017 – Bottlenose dolphins and Fin whales

Today only a few words and a few pictures….   Todays Sightings: Ribeira Brava 10.00: Bottlenose dolphins Stenella 15.00: Fin whales PS. Some pictures from the […]
March 20, 2017

11.03.2017 – What does whale watching mean?

Today I want to write about a subject that is very important for us at Lobosonda. First of all I want to point out that we have […]
March 18, 2017

10.03.2017 – Invasion of floating terror

This is a marine hydrozoan, our first sighting of the day was a very frequent one at this time of the year. A large number of Physalia […]
March 17, 2017

08.03.2017 – Sorry, no pre-orders with Nature!

First snorkelling trip with Stenella this year and as we were gliding over sea we gave our spotter on land some time to relocate. We stoped […]