Young sea gulls

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)

Still life in Piran, Slovenia

(Photos by G. Bearzi)

With Tina and Tilen in Piran

With Tina and Tilen from Morigenos, talking about Adriatic dolphins in Piran, Slovenia.

(Photos by Tilen Genov)

Packed

A tight group of bottlenose dolphins encountered 12 nautical miles off Venice, Italy.

(Photos by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)

Golden sea fishing

A small bottom trawler fishing on a golden sea, last night.

(Photos by G. Bearzi, Northern Adriatic Sea)

Dolphin mother and calf

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)

Bottlenose

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)

Still looking for dolphins

On the way back to our home port, still looking for dolphins.

(Photo by G. Bearzi, Northern Adriatic Sea)

Evening trawling

Beam trawler at work in the late evening light.

(Photo by G. Bearzi, Northern Adriatic Sea)

In a hurry

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)

Funny cloud

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)

Dolphins and beam trawlers

Dolphins off the coasts of Veneto, Italy, forage behind bottom trawlers and midwater pair trawlers, but normally they do not follow beam trawlers. This bottlenose dolphin group crossed a beam trawler but just ignored it, diving past the boat and moving on without changing track.

(Photos by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)

Rushing

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)

Searching for dolphins

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)

Plastic planet

A large sheet of plastic found offshore.

(Photo by G. Bearzi, Northern Adriatic Sea)

Flying dolphins

Part of a group of 70–80 bottlenose dolphins encountered off Veneto, Italy. This is the largest group we have observed so far in these waters.

(Photos by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)

Dolphin and cod end buoy

Bottlenose dolphin surfacing besides the cod-end buoy of a bottom trawler while the net is being dragged. For dolphins off Veneto, Italy, following bottom and midwater trawlers is a 'popular' foraging behaviour.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)

Whales and dolphins in Malnisio, Italy

Today's seminar at the amazing museum of the Malnisio hydroelectric plant.

(Photos by S. Bonizzoni)

Bottlenose dolphins and midwater pair trawlers

Bottlenose dolphins foraging behind midwater pair trawlers off the coast of Veneto, Italy.

(Photos by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)

Dolphins at sunset

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)

Curious calf

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)