August 4, 2024
So what did we see on today’s tours? Nothing special spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis). Nothing special, the most commonly cited species over the summer in Madeira, […]
August 1, 2024
The bodies of Blainville’s Beaked Whales (Mesoplodon densirostris) and other large cetaceans often house certain types of barnacles. On tours like this morning, where we see […]
July 30, 2024
We were treated to a large school of Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) socialising, mating, jumping and enjoying themselves in the bow wave during the morning […]
July 29, 2024
Have you already taken the time to look at our teams’ profiles on the Lobosonda-website? Apart from introducing ourselves and explaining a bit about our lives […]
July 22, 2024
This morning we had to drive a long way by our standards before we had a sighting. Just before Campanário, however, we had a school of […]
July 21, 2024
“Mar de aceite”, literally means the oil-ocean, which is an expression that is used in Portugal for very calm sea days, when there is not a […]
July 12, 2024
Today, upon viewing Pilot Whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) on the 14:00 and 17:00 Stenella Tours, we discussed twice how old they get. A pilot whale matriarch can […]
July 10, 2024
After working for years and years on the ocean, the encounters at sea are obviously not the same as when you see cetaceans for the very […]
June 19, 2024
I want to dedicate today to my favourite cetacean species, Pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus). Short-finned pilot whales, to be more specific, were the stars of two […]