End of year cetacean visitors to Madeiran waters - December 2021

December, the last month of the year and the 1st month of winter... Let's see which species will visit Madeira for Christmas and New Year!

Week 52: From 27th December 2021 to the 2nd of January 2022
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Atlantic Spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis

Week 51: From 20th to 26th December 2021
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus

Week 50: From 13th to 19th December 2021
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Atlantic Spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis

Week 49: From 6th to 12th December 2021
Atlantic Spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus

Week 48: From 28th November to 5th December 2021
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis
Atlantic Spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis