{"id":1194,"date":"2015-08-31T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-31T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/31\/august-2015-sighting-statistics\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:34:20","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:34:20","slug":"august-2015-sighting-statistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/august-2015-sighting-statistics\/","title":{"rendered":"August 2015 sighting statistics"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nThe month of August has been great for whale and dolphin watching off S\u00e3o Miguel Island. During this month we have encountered a grand total of 13 different species! The most encountered whale species was, as expected, our resident sperm whale<\/a>. However, we were also surprised to see many fin whales<\/a> which is not usual for this time of the year. Usually baleen whales like fin whales, blue whales<\/a> and sei whales<\/a> migrate through the Azores during the spring months. The summer is the best time for us to spot beaked whales and this past month we have encountered four different species: Sowerby’s beaked whale<\/a>, Blainville’s beaked whale<\/a>, Northern bottlenose whale<\/a> and Cuvier’s beaked whale<\/a>. Of course dolphins were plentiful too. We encountered 7 different dolphin species, in order of most encountered: common dolphin<\/a>, bottlenose dolphin<\/a>, Atlantic spotted dolphin<\/a>, Risso’s dolphin<\/a>, striped dolphin<\/a>, false killer whale<\/a> and pilot whale<\/a>. <\/div>\n
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\nAs well as these cetacean encounters we also registered other species such as loggerhead turtles<\/a>, leatherback turtles<\/a>, sicklefin devil rays<\/a>, flying fish<\/a> and plenty of seabirds.<\/div>\n

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