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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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