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OCEAN VIEW advertorial
dolphin watching in the
BAYOFGIBRALTAR
W
Gibraltar
dolphins
,
watching
has
with
location
long
its three
been
species of resident
in Southern
known
Europe.
as the best dolphin
ithin the Bay of Gibraltar presume that it is Billy’s presence
visitorsareabletoexperi- within the group that prevents the
encecloseencounterswith largerdolphinsfromattackingtheir
both the striped and common smallercousins.
dolphinsandoccasionallythelarger Ianhasbeenworkingonthepopular
bottlenoseddolphin. Thecommon dolphin watching excursions in the
and striped dolphins tend to stay BayofGibraltarforthelastsixteen
well clear of their larger relatives years and has captained Dolphin
howeverperhapsuniquetotheBayof World’sBrixhamBellesince2003.
Gibraltaryoumaycatchaglimpseof IaskedIanwhatwasthebesttimeof
a single bottle nosed dolphin day to see the dolphins, “People
communingwithapodofcommon alwaysaskmethatquestionandtobe
dolphins. Ian Redmond, captain honestthereisnoanswerIcangive.
of Dolphin World’s Brixham Belle, Remember that these are wild
first witnessed this rare sight animalsandweareprivilegedtobe
approximately four years ago. It able to visit them in their natural
would appear that the baby bottle environment. Wedonotfeedthem
noseddolphin,nicknamedBillybythe nordoweallowpeopletoswimwith
crew of Dolphin World, became them.Thedolphinsapproachtheboat
separatedfromhisownfamilypod of their own free will and
andwasadoptedbyanotherresident seem to know when they have an
podofcommondolphins. Because appreciative crowd onboard when
Billy was alone and perhaps more theyperformtheiracrobatics. They
importantlywasstillyoungandhad arecertainlynotcamerashy,youjust
notyetreachedhisfulladultsizeof have to know where to point the
3.5m,thecommondolphinsappeared cameraandhopeyouhavepressed
not to be threatened by the young thetriggerfastenough!Theirhomeis
newcomerandallowedBillytojoin theBayofGibraltaranditisuptous
thepod.Twoyearslater,nowgrown tospotwheretheyareatanygiven
to3mcomparedtothe2.5mofthe time.WeatDolphinWorldtryourvery
commondolphins,Billycanoftenbe besttolocatethedolphinsonevery
spotted swimming amongst his tripsothatourguestshavethevery
adoptedfamily.Onhisdailytripswith bestexperiencepossible.”
DolphinWorldIanRedmondhasalso Please ask at your shore excursion
reportedseeingapodofbottlenosed desk for more information should
dolphinsmixingcontentedlywithBilly you wish to join Ian and his crew in
andhisadoptedfamily. Wecanonly Gibraltar.
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