Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 20, 2020 | 16:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Ramsey North beach |
Charles Shimmin, Ralph Mooney, Gemma Herth |
| September 19, 2020 | 13:30 | Minke Whale | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Douglas head |
Andy Mars |
| September 18, 2020 | 10:00 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Marine Drive |
Helen Skillicorn |
| September 18, 2020 | 15:25 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Turkeylands |
Neil |
| September 17, 2020 | 18:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Leaping | 60 |
Peel bay |
Sara Johnson, plus others |
| September 16, 2020 | 15:00 | Common Dolphin | 50 | 0 | Bow riding | 20 |
The Calf-Port Erin |
Jase Whittaker |
| September 15, 2020 | 09:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 20 |
Glen Wyllin beach |
David O’Flanagan |
| September 11, 2020 | 18:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | Leaping | 90 |
Ramsey bay |
Barry Murphey, Ruth Gale | |
| September 10, 2020 | 12:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Leaping | 10 |
Peel bay |
Adam Denard |
| September 4, 2020 | 15:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Peel Bay |
Sarah Lowe, Julie Faragher, Ruth M Black |
| September 3, 2020 | 12:20 | Risso’s Dolphin | 5 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 15 |
East of the Sound |
Neil |
| September 2, 2020 | 18:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Not recorded | 5 |
Peel castle |
Amy Fenlon |
| September 1, 2020 | 12:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 30 |
Peel Breakwater |
Karen Corkil |
| August 31, 2020 | 07:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Peel Breakwater |
Mann Photos |
| August 30, 2020 | 15:40 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Stack (Calf of Man) |
Nina & Dermot Shimmin |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 27, 2022 | 13:00 | 1 | Tight circling | 10 | Gibdale Point | Peter Kay | |||
| July 18, 2022 | 19:37 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Nine and a half miles NW of Calf Sound | Nina Shimmin | |||
| July 16, 2022 | 18:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 80 | Port Erin | undeleeb din, Elasmomann | |||
| July 14, 2022 | 07:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | 3 miles off Contrary head | Max Crookall | |||
| July 12, 2022 | 03:00 | 2 | Swimming | 120 | Port Erin Bay | Charles Leclerc | |||
| July 11, 2022 | 10:40 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 7 | 1nm SE of South Harbour, Calf of Man | David Bellamy & Robert Fisher | ||
| July 10, 2022 | 21:20 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 6 | Three and a half miles NW of Calf Sound | Dermot Shimmin | |||
| July 5, 2022 | 09:00 | 1 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 120 | 1 km off White Strand & Gob-Y-Deigan | Ian Judd | ||
| July 5, 2022 | 15:45 | 1 | Swimming | 15 | Niarbyl Bay | Georgina Franks, Lauren Slater | |||
| July 5, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 180 | Peel breakwater | Colin Lawrenson, Alistair Sutherland and other | ||
| July 4, 2022 | 12:00 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 200 | Peel breakwater to the headlands | Andi young, Neil Westwood, The Mitchell family | |||
| July 3, 2022 | 14:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Glen Maye – Peel Hill | David R | |||
| July 3, 2022 | 15:55 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 150-200m off Peel Castle | Mike Davies | |||
| June 30, 2022 | 13:50 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 15 | Scarlett | Virginia Keig | ||
| June 30, 2022 | 16:24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Swimming | 2 | North coast of the Calf of Man | Tom Morgan and Gemma Scotts |