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\nToday it was a little more windy and the sea was moving more than in previous days. However,  had some great tours in which we encountered a diverse range of dolphin groups with different behaviours. In the morning we started with a small group of bottlenose dolphins<\/a> that were more interested in diving, perhaps in search of food, than they were in us. So we left them to it and followed up with a really big and playful group of Atlantic spotted dolphins<\/a>. This group was very active, jumping out of the waves and accompanied by some very young calves. We finished our morning tour with a calm but curious group of common dolphins<\/a>. In the afternoon we added another dolphin species to our list from today: the Risso’s dolphin.<\/a> This species is typically more shy that the others, but today we got to see them really well, and it was a large group that was spread out. We also got to see common dolphins in the afternoon, which were being very social and often mating and leaping out of the waves.<\/div>\n
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\nWatching Atlantic spotted dolphins from aboard our catamaran<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nAtlantic spotted dolphins – mother and calf<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nSwimming with Atlantic spotted dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nCommon dolphin<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nCommon dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nRisso’s dolphin with its typical “smile”<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nA Risso’s dolphin surfacing high<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nLeaping common dolphin<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nWatching playful common dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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