ECCO Ocean

This weekend we sighted tour first 'stiff-back' dolphin! This condition is observed occasionally in Lisbon area and we still trying to figure out the cause 🧐 #LisbonDolphins #ECCOocean #VisitLisbon #LisbonTour #TagusRiver #Lisbon #DolphinsinLisbon #Dolphins #DolphinWatching #WildLife #Nature #VisitPortugal #EcoTourism #UnforgetableMoments #CleanandSafe #COVIDsafe #SafeTravels #Research #PhotoID #MarkRecapture #TerraIncognita #Canon #CommonDolphins #Delphinusdelphis (at Lisbon, Portugal) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPlM-a3slpu/?utm_medium=tumblr

This weekend we went to check 'The old friends' #LisbonDolphins #ECCOocean #SadoRiver #DolphinsinLisbon #Dolphins #DolphinWatching #WildLife #Nature #VisitPortugal #EcoTourism #UnforgetableMoments #CleanandSafe #COVIDsafe #SafeTravels #Research #PhotoID #MarkRecapture #DolphinBay #BottlenoseDolphins #Tursiopstruncatus https://www.instagram.com/p/CPP3acmMwzi/?utm_medium=tumblr

2020 was a year full of surprises! It was the year with the highest amount of dolphin sightings inside Tagus River. It was the year with the highest amount of orca sightings, 6 in Lisbon vicinity and 17 in Portugal!! The resident population of bottlenose dolphins had 3 births this year and all survived so far! 5 bottlenoses in our catalogue reached 8 sightings this year! All from the same group, amazing! Still we spent too much time on land... We are thrilled to welcome 2021!! (at Lisbon, Portugal) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJiqmJusaVz/?igshid=1hf0mrnkrp1ga

We sighted a nursery pod today, so many newborns! #LisbonDolphins #ECCOocean #Dolphins #DolphinWatching #DolphinsinLisbon #WildLife #Nature #VisitPortugal #VisitLisbon #Lisbon #EcoTourism #CleanandSafe #COVIDsafe #Research #PhotoID #MarkRecapture #TerraIncognita #Canon #CommonDolphins #Delphinusdelphis (at Lisbon, Portugal) https://www.instagram.com/p/CC3H5Sfsr3x/?igshid=1m99113uc0yjk

Explorers alongside explorers #LisbonDolphins #ECCOocean #Dolphins #DolphinWatching #WildLife #Nature #VisitPortugal #VisitLisbon #Lisbon #EcoTourism #Research #PhotoID #MarkRecapture #TerraIncognita #Canon #CommonDolphins #Delphinusdelphis #dolphinsinlisbon (at Lisbon, Portugal) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCoA96eM2WL/?igshid=18h5py5b5y2ti

First t-shirts by Lisbon Dolphins! We can be stranded on land but always with the eyes (and the pencil) turned to the Sea https://www.instagram.com/p/CBwD3fBHXyp/?igshid=1wh2fc0k2v4ya

DC10 is a very conspicuous common dolphin, due to the missing tip of the dorsal fin (likely cut by fishing lines). He/she was first spotted in 2018 and had been re-sighted every year since then. For the past 2 weeks he/she has been sighted hunting along with other group members inside the Tagus river, very close to city centre! Check these photos with precisely 11 months apart! #LisbonDolphins #ECCOOcean #Dolphins #DolphinWatching #WildLife #Nature #VisitPortugal #VisitLisbon #Lisbon #EcoTourism #Research #PhotoID #MarkRecapture #BMWsailingacadmy #Canon #CommonDolphin #Delphinusdelphis (at Lisbon, Portugal) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBqkus3HSkn/?igshid=1nshmmlp7palp

Back to the office (at Lisbon, Portugal) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBgHG8VnVoz/?igshid=1ps1q87327tap

Whisker's follicles! The last standing hair structure in dolphins and whales (at Lisbon, Portugal) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-c4ZP_nbrG/?igshid=1q1udxevctyf7

Not just dolphins, there is plenty of wildlife diversity in Lisbon Bay! Northern Gannet & Sandwich Tern (Morus bassanus & Thalasseus sandvicensis) (at Lisbon, Portugal) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9mUtWLHJG8/?igshid=92fj5u8r6hq8

I remember the first time I met Ácala, the non-resident bottlenose dolphin that was "adopted" by the Sado's resident population in 2011. We sighted him on today's expedition! . . #LisbonDolphins #ECCOOcean #Dolphins #DolphinWatching #WildLife #Nature #VisitPortugal #VisitLisbon #Lisbon #EcoTourism #Research #PhotoID #MarkRecapture #RotasdoSal #Canon #BottlenoDolphin #Tursiopstruncatus #ResidentPopulation https://www.instagram.com/p/B9j1oNHnz7Y/?igshid=db5vo3vpjxt3

On International Women's Day we sighted a group of common dolphins composed of mothers and some juveniles. They were fishing inside the Tagus river! It seemed that they got delayed during the hunt and caught some disfavourable tidal current, they were actually entering the river while swimming out! #LisbonDolphins #ECCOOcean #Dolphins #DolphinWatching #WildLife #Nature #VisitPortugal #VisitLisbon #Lisbon #EcoTourism #Research #PhotoID #MarkRecapture #SeaEOTours #Canon #CommonDolphin #Delphinusdelphis https://www.instagram.com/p/B9eobS4npwP/?igshid=1ncv316mu0y8x

The carnival holidays are close and we feel it! More expeditions to the dolphins in the past week! 🎭 #LisbonDolphins #ECCOOcean #Dolphins #DolphinWatching #WildLife #Nature #VisitPortugal #VisitLisbon #Lisbon #EcoTourism #Research #PhotoID #MarkRecapture #SeaEOTours #Canon #CommonDolphin #Delphinusdelphis #BottlenoDolphin #Tursiopstruncatus (at Lisbon, Portugal) https://www.instagram.com/p/B84ZMW6HKlh/?igshid=8do18aju6ogw

The stories within the pictures Ten years ago we found a group of dolphins. Two months ago, 4 of them were found near Lisbon and still together!! What are the odds?? #LisbonDolphins #ECCOOcean #Dolphins #DolphinWatching #WildLife #Nature #VisitPortugal #VisitLisbon #Lisbon #EcoTourism #Research #PhotoID #MarkRecapture #APCM #SeaEOTours #Canon #BottlenoDolphin #Tursiopstruncatus (at Lisbon, Portugal) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7ln8Xjn8Vl/?igshid=8b6argtckg88

And our most sighted bottlenose dolphin broke his own record. He was seen 8 times! He was already full grown adult in 2007, so he is likely older than 32! He is a traveller, being spotted in Algarve, Arrábida and in Lisbon, the last sightings were both in 2018 and 2019. #LisbonDolphins #ECCOOcean #Dolphins #DolphinWatching #WildLife #Nature #VisitPortugal #VisitLisbon #Lisbon #EcoTourism #Research #PhotoID #MarkRecapture #SeaEOTours #Canon #BottlenoDolphin #Tursiopstruncatus (at Lisbon, Portugal) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7b6_elHMwf/?igshid=gxsuusswkz3p

Is winter a bad time to go to the Sea? Today we sighted 3 species in one expedition! #LisbonDolphins #ECCOOcean #Dolphins #DolphinWatching #WildLife #Nature #VisitPortugal #VisitLisbon #Lisbon #EcoTourism #Research #PhotoID #MarkRecapture #SeaEOTours #Canon #CommonDolphin #Delphinusdelphis #BottlenoDolphin #Tursiopstruncatus #StripedDolphin #Stenellacoeruleoalba https://www.instagram.com/p/B7OzsRtH-pJ/?igshid=22laogu3okhv

What does a marine biologist on dry land? Looks to the dolphin photographs taken during the expeditions! 😆 This one got better than expected after some cropping https://www.instagram.com/p/B7CNkJMn4V3/?igshid=p87sxn0lhgsm