{"id":1003,"date":"2016-06-30T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/30\/june-2016-sighting-statistics\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:35:17","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:35:17","slug":"june-2016-sighting-statistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/june-2016-sighting-statistics\/","title":{"rendered":"June 2016 sighting statistics"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nIt’s been another great month of whale watching in S\u00e3o Miguel. During the month of June we encountered 10 cetacean species: 5 whale species and 5 dolphin species. We are still in the switch over time between spring sightings and summer sightings, as we are still seeing the spring migrating whales (fin whales<\/a>, sei whales<\/a> and humpback whales<\/a>) and we are seeing an increase in sightings of our resident sperm whales<\/a> that are more abundant during the warmer summer months. The Atlantic spotted dolphin<\/a>s haven’t arrived yet, so they are later than expected this year, nevertheless we have had plenty of sightings of our resident bottlenose dolphins<\/a>, common dolphins<\/a> and Risso’s dolphin<\/a>, and we have had some rare visits of false killer whales<\/a>, striped dolphins<\/a> and beaked whales<\/a>. As for non-cetacean species, during June we also encountered a lot of loggerhead turtles<\/a>, ocean sunfish (Mola mola<\/i>)<\/a>, hammerhead sharks<\/a>, blue sharks, flying fish<\/a>, jellyfish and seabirds.<\/div>\n
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