A better knowledge of the animals that we watch, helps us to protect them, but also to understand the environment in which they live and that they divide with other species like the homo sapiens, the latter also being of certain interest!
This logic, associated with various requests for collaboration in the field of photo identification, justifies the creation of this photograph databank. It is not a question of creating a new catalogue, but opening a simple tool to all: curious, whale watchers, students, researchers… where it will be possible to download and upload photos, as well to include them in already existing catalogues, the reference in this field being the catalogue created by IFAW, Dr. Jonathan Gordon and Dra Lisa Steiner, in the Azores in 1987.
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List of 2025's Photo ID
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-17'-16"N-28°-14'-27"W
- Date : 08.02.2025 at 11h13
- Photographer : Inês Clara
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 219º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-24'-8"N-28°-19'-54"W
- Date : 08.01.2025 at 15h51
- Photographer : Inês Clara
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 278º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-23'-9"N-28°-17'-12"W
- Date : 08.01.2025 at 14h51
- Photographer : Inês Clara
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 303º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 2
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-23'-9"N-28°-17'-12"W
- Date : 08.01.2025 at 14h51
- Photographer : Inês Clara
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 303º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 2
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-21'-17"N-28°-13'-60"W
- Date : 08.01.2025 at 11h18
- Photographer : Inês Clara
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 203º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-18'-4"N-28°-21'-20"W
- Date : 07.29.2025 at 15h44
- Photographer : Inês Clara
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 282º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-22'-58"N-28°-11'-34"W
- Date : 07.29.2025 at 11h12
- Photographer : Inês Clara
- Trip Number :
- Heading :
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-22'-34"N-28°-12'-7"W
- Date : 07.29.2025 at 10h57
- Photographer : Inês Clara
- Trip Number :
- Heading :
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-23'-39"N-28°-10'-29"W
- Date : 07.25.2025 at 16h12
- Photographer : Inês Clara
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 244º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-23'-30"N-28°-7'-58"W
- Date : 07.25.2025 at 15h30
- Photographer : Inês Clara
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 073º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-22'-46"N-28°-11'-39"W
- Date : 07.25.2025 at 11h14
- Photographer : Inês Clara
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 302º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-21'-7"N-28°-14'-53"W
- Date : 07.25.2025 at 10h32
- Photographer : Inês Clara
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 329º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-23'-42"N-28°-19'-13"W
- Date : 07.21.2025 at 15h14
- Photographer : Inês Clara
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 297º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 338°-21'-40"N-28°-18'-6"W
- Date : 07.21.2025 at 09h27
- Photographer : Inês Clara
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 305º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 0°-0'-0"N-0°-0'-0"W
- Date : 07.20.2025 at 10h30
- Photographer : Filipa Gonçalves
- Trip Number :
- Heading :
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-23'-33"N-28°-9'-17"W
- Date : 07.19.2025 at 16h10
- Photographer : Inês Clara
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 333º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-22'-59"N-28°-9'-38"W
- Date : 07.19.2025 at 15h35
- Photographer : Inês Clara
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 308º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 0°-0'-0"N-0°-0'-0"W
- Date : 07.18.2025 at 16h41
- Photographer : Filipa Gonçalves
- Trip Number :
- Heading :
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-22'-44"N-28°-8'-13"W
- Date : 07.18.2025 at 16h35
- Photographer : Inês Clara
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 094º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-21'-49"N-28°-12'-53"W
- Date : 07.18.2025 at 15h55
- Photographer : Inês Clara
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 052º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :