We had a hot month in the Algarve and very calm seas, at least in the morning. 5 cetacean species, 3 loggerhead turtles and 1 unindentified shark. Not bad! Counting 75 sightings of common dolphins (do they live around here or are they here only because of sardines? Hum...), 3 bottlenose dolphins observations and only 1 encounter with Risso's. 1 minke whale and 2 porpoise sightings at a glance (why? why?). All in 106 fast boat trips. So fast that we almost missed the european storm petrels and the great skuas. Yes, we sometimes stop for birds. By the way, the endangered balearic shearwater has been around Ponta da Piedade.(On the left, common dolphins and on the right, bottlenose's)
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Hello!
How nice to read about your adventures with the dolphins! It inspires to join you on one of your trips and experience it for yourself!
I will follow your blog with interest.
Wish you all the best and when I am in the Algarve I will definitly come and visit you (and the dolphins)!
Mariette
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