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\nToday was another fantastic day out on the ocean and it was bright and warm and sunny. We have a very long list of species we encountered throughout the day. During both tour whales were the highlight of the tour, rather than dolphins. We did encounter dolphins during both the morning and afternoon (Atlantic spotted dolphins<\/a>, common dolphins<\/a> and bottlenose dolphins<\/a>) as well as pilot whales<\/a> just in the morning, which is technically considered a dolphin species. We saw some very small baby dolphins in this pilot whale group and they were very curious so that we got to see them very well. Getting back to the whales, today we had a familiar sperm whale<\/a> group off the east of S\u00e3o Miguel Island. We encountered a familiar whale with a white patch on its back who we call Peregrine. We have been following this whale since 2010 when it was a small calf and we have now noticed how large this whale has become. Another familiar whale that we always see together is Elsemiek, a large female that was named by one of our former clients. To complete our species list, among the different boats we encountered a leatherback turtle<\/a> in the morning, loggerehead turtles<\/a> and flying fish<\/a> throughout the day, yellowfin tuna<\/a> in the afternoon and plenty of seabirds including Cory’s shearwaters<\/a>, great shearwaters<\/a>, manx shearwaters<\/a> and a bulwer’s petrel<\/a>. <\/div>\n
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\nPilot whales – see the tiny calf surfacing high<\/i>
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\nPilot whale rolling on its side<\/i><\/div>\n

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Socialising pilot whales – you can see the head of one individual and the tail of another<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nBig male pilot whale<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nWatching 3 sperm whales at the surface<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nOne of the three sperm whales diving<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nLeatherback turtle<\/a><\/i><\/div>\n

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\nBulwer’s petrel<\/a><\/i><\/div>\n

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\nThe first sperm whale of the afternoon<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nSperm whales at the surface – the one in the foreground with the white mark is Peregrine<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nCommon dolphin<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nWatching common dolphins from our catamaran<\/i>
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