Whales & dolphins' observations in July 2022

Last month brought some uncommon sea mammals to Madeira ocean and as July is also a good month for whalewatching, let's see which cetaceans visit us!

Week 30: From 25th to 31st Jul 2022

Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis

Week 29: From 18th to 24th Jul 2022

Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni

Week 28: From 11th to 17th Jul 2022

Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus

Week 27: From 4th to 10th Jul 2022

Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Common Minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata