Ocean mammals passing by Madeira, April 2023

April tends to bring some unusual whale species closer to the coast of Madeira... Let's see which whales and dolphins will come for Easter time!

Week 17: From the 24th to the 30th of April 2023
Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis
Common Minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Killer whale Orcinus orca
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis

Week 16: From the 17th to the 23rd of April 2023
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Common Minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
False killer whale Pseudorca crassidens
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba

Week 15: From the 10th to the 16th of April 2023
Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus

Week 14: From the 3rd to the 9th of April 2023
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba