Marine mammals observed around Madeira, October 2016

Week 43: From 24th to 30th of October 2016
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Short-beaked Common dolphin Delphinus delphis

Week 42: From 17th to 23rd of October 2016
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Short-beaked Common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Atlantic Spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis

Week 41: From 10th to 16th of October 2016
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis
Short-beaked Common dolphin Delphinus delphis

Week 40: From 3rd to 9th of October 2016
Northern bottlenose whale Hyperoodon ampullatus
Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis
Short-beaked Common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Atlantic Spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis

Monk Seal Monachus monachus - observed near the East tip of Madeira, feeding on a Conger (large eel)