Common dolphin - delphinus delphis
We are often accompanied on our trips by common dolphins. Often seen in large active schools they readily come to bow ride shifting restlessly in the pressure wave to find the best position often rolling over on their side to look up at humans. The smaller of the dolphins you may encounter at 2.5m (8.2ft) they have a very distinctive figure of eight pattern along their sides. If in the area they are very easy to spot because they create lots of splashing and leap from the water.
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Bottlenose dolphins - tursiops truncatus
This is the largest species of dolphin reaching lengths of 4m (13ft). They are uniformly grey in colour and have short but prominent beaks. They tend to be seen in small groups of 5-20 animals and swim very close inshore near to headlands and bays and so are often seen from the land.
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Risso's dolphins - grampus griseus
This is another large species of dolphin at 3.8m (12ft). Risso’s dolphins are easily identified by the distinctive white scarring along their bodies which accumulates as they get older. They have blunt heads and large dorsal fins.
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