Whales and dolphins observed around Madeira in December 2022

December is not a very diversified month in terms of cetacean species around Madeira archipelago but this year things were different and we even got a Humpback whale visiting us for this Christmas month!

Week 52: From the 26th of December 2022 to the 1st of January 2023
Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
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

Week 51: From the 19th to the 25th of December 2022
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis

Week 50: From the 12th to the 18th of December 2022
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis

Week 49: From the 5th to the 11th of December 2022
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus

Week 48: From the 28th of November to the 4th of December 2022
Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis

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