Cetaceans observed during Christmas season in Madeira, 2017

December is the first month of winter and previous whalewatching records would not mention Bryde's whale and Atlantic spotted dolphin as a common species during this month. So it seems global weather is definitely changing, even under the sea! Meantime, Merry Christmas to all of you, whale watchers!

Week 52: From 25th to 31st December 2017
Short-finned Pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus

Week 51: From 18th to 24th December 2017
Short-finned Pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus

Week 50: From 11th to 17th December 2017
Atlantic Spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned Pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni

Week 49: From 4th to 10th December 2017
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Short-finned Pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Atlantic Spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis