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°-21'-37"N-28°-22'-16"W
- Date : 08.07.2025 at 11h11
- Photographer : Inês Clara
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 293º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-21'-37"N-28°-22'-17"W
- Date : 08.07.2025 at 11h11
- Photographer : João Quaresma
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 281º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-15'-49"N-28°-18'-29"W
- Date : 08.06.2025 at 16h49
- Photographer : João Quaresma
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 067º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-15'-48"N-28°-18'-32"W
- Date : 08.06.2025 at 16h48
- Photographer : Inês Clara
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 056º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-13'-38"N-28°-18'-5"W
- Date : 08.06.2025 at 16h06
- Photographer : João Quaresma
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 076º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-18'-57"N-28°-23'-8"W
- Date : 08.06.2025 at 11h00
- Photographer : João Quaresma
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 155º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-18'-59"N-28°-23'-10"W
- Date : 08.06.2025 at 10h59
- Photographer : Inês Clara
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 170º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-18'-36"N-28°-21'-34"W
- Date : 08.06.2025 at 10h30
- Photographer : João Quaresma
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 205º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-23'-6"N-28°-20'-26"W
- Date : 08.05.2025 at 15h16
- Photographer : Inês Clara
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 267º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-23'-23"N-28°-6'-41"W
- Date : 08.05.2025 at 11h42
- Photographer : Inês Clara
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 295º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-23'-21"N-28°-5'-29"W
- Date : 08.05.2025 at 11h02
- Photographer : Inês Clara
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 271º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-23'-20"N-28°-4'-14"W
- Date : 08.05.2025 at 10h54
- Photographer : Inês Clara
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 271º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-22'-10"N-28°-1'-15"W
- Date : 08.04.2025 at 16h26
- Photographer : João Quaresma
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 162º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-23'-51"N-28°-25'-55"W
- Date : 08.04.2025 at 11h21
- Photographer : João Quaresma
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 269º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-22'-9"N-28°-25'-26"W
- Date : 08.04.2025 at 10h53
- Photographer : João Quaresma
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 305º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-20'-59"N-28°-12'-43"W
- Date : 08.02.2025 at 15h29
- Photographer : Inês Clara
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 074º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 2
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-20'-59"N-28°-12'-43"W
- Date : 08.02.2025 at 15h29
- Photographer : Inês Clara
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 074º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 2
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-21'-17"N-28°-15'-42"W
- Date : 08.02.2025 at 14h53
- Photographer : Inês Clara
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 128º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-22'-30"N-28°-12'-10"W
- Date : 08.02.2025 at 12h19
- Photographer : João Quaresma
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 050º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
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 :