30 December 2014

Happy New Year



Happy 2015 from Silvia, Giovanni and everybody at DBC!

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

19 December 2014

15 December 2014

10 December 2014

White and blue (coeruleoalba)



Striped dolphins Stenella coeruleoalba adult and calf swimming in the blue.

(Photo by G. Bearzi, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

05 December 2014

Short-beaked common dolphin



One of the few short-beaked common dolphins surviving in the Gulf of Corinth, Greece.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni)

02 December 2014

New boat



Our new boat, a Selva open of 5.5 m purchased second-hand. After a complete setup, this boat will join the Novamarine RH580 and contribute to our dolphin research.

(Top photo by G. Bearzi, bottom photo by B. Würsig)

01 December 2014

Funny face



A striped dolphin photographed in the Argolikos Gulf, Greece.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni)

30 November 2014

Playful male calf



A playful striped dolphin calf bowriding. Distance between genital and anal slit reveals he is a male.

(Photo by G. Bearzi, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

29 November 2014

28 November 2014

Great egret



A great egret (Ardea alba) on a finfish farm in the Southern Evoikos Gulf, Greece.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni)

26 November 2014

21 November 2014

Fishing feta



A multi-purpose container of feta cheese.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Nea Styra, Greece)

20 November 2014

Ship wave jump



A striped dolphin jumps on the wave generated by a large cargo ship.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

19 November 2014

Fish farm, dolphins, gulls



Bottlenose dolphin mother and son forage around a fish farm cage in the Southern Evoikos Gulf, Greece. Seagulls don't seem to pay much attention.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni)

16 November 2014

Running bird



A Scopoli's shearwater 'running' on the water before take off.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

15 November 2014

Wooden boat



A beautiful wooden boat in the Southern Evoikos Gulf, Greece.

(Photo by G. Bearzi)

14 November 2014

13 November 2014

11 November 2014

09 November 2014

Artisanal fisherman in Greece



A fisherman cleans his trammel nets in the port of Agii Apostoli, Southern Evoikos Gulf, Greece.

(Photo by G. Bearzi)

08 November 2014

Towards the storm



Striped dolphins moving towards the storm.

(Photo by G. Bearzi, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

07 November 2014

Gentle touch 1



Two striped dolphins exchange gentle pectoral fin touches. 

(Photo by D. Knäbel, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

06 November 2014

Bottlenose dolphins socializing



Two bottlenose dolphins jump in the Southern Evoikos Gulf, Greece.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni)

05 November 2014

Artisanal fisherman in Greece






A trammel fisherman in Amarynthos, Southern Evoikos Gulf, Greece.

(Photo by G. Bearzi)

04 November 2014

02 November 2014

Learning to jump



(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

Turning red



Artisanal fishing boats being repainted in Amarythos, Southern Evoikos Gulf, Greece.

(Photo by G. Bearzi)

01 November 2014

Wave riding



Two striped dolphins riding the (rather small) stern wave of a boat.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

31 October 2014

Striped dolphin adult



A mature individual.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

October sunrise



October sunrise in the Southern Evoikos Gulf.

(Photo by G. Bearzi)

30 October 2014

Keel art



Layers of old paint on an abandoned wooden boat in Nea Styra, Greece.

(Photo by G. Bearzi)

Early morning breach



(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)