Bottlenose Dolphin With Calf Taken at Torness on 30th August 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.   Taken at Chanonry Point on 1st October 2015 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 150-500 mm zoom lens. Bottlenose Dolphin. Scpecies: Order: Family: A.K.A. Tursiops truncatus. Cetacea. Delphinidae. Common Bottlenose Dolphin. Habitat: Food: Length: Feature: Warm and temperate seas worldwide. Mainly eels, squid, shrimp and a wide variety of fish. 2 - 4 mtrs. Dolphins have a short and well-defined snout that looks like an old-fashioned gin bottle, which is the source for their common name. Dolphins search for prey primarily using echolocation, which is a form sonar. They emit clicking sounds and listen for the return echoes to determine the location and shape of nearby items, including potential prey