Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 11, 2020 | 13:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Ramsey |
Many |
| August 11, 2020 | 17:20 | Risso’s Dolphin | 10 | 2 | Leaping | 20 |
East of the Calf |
Vessel- ‘Gone with the Wind’ |
| August 10, 2020 | 14:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Fenella beach, Peel |
Betty Rose |
| August 9, 2020 | 18:56 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Port St Mary |
Nina & Dermot Shimmin |
| August 9, 2020 | 19:10 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 5 |
Calf of Man between Drinking dragon and Chicken rock |
Nina & Dermot Shimmin |
| August 9, 2020 | 14:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 90 |
East of the Calf |
MWDW |
| August 9, 2020 | 16:20 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
East of the Sound |
MWDW |
| August 8, 2020 | 17:25 | Harbour Porpoise | 5 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Port Soderick |
Nina & Dermot Shimmin |
| August 7, 2020 | 12:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 45 |
Port Lewaigue-Ramsey bay |
Many |
| August 7, 2020 | 19:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Ramsey bay |
Many |
| August 3, 2020 | 11:25 | Risso’s Dolphin | 8 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
1.5 km off Port St Mary Ledges |
Neil |
| August 3, 2020 | 19:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Leaping | 10 |
Peel Bay |
Liz |
| July 30, 2020 | 11:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Peel bay |
Ken Harding, Jill Dunlop |
| July 30, 2020 | 13:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
The Sound |
Vannin Veg |
| July 29, 2020 | 17:10 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Peel bay |
Sarah Ayres |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 11, 2022 | 19:25 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Warts Bank, Calf of Man | Gemini | |||
| August 10, 2022 | 16:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Orrisdale head | Katie Robertson | |||
| August 10, 2022 | 19:40 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Port Erin-Sound | John Rimmer | |||
| August 9, 2022 | 17:25 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 3 | Between Jurby and the Cronk | Andrea & Robert | |||
| August 9, 2022 | 18:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Off Orrisdale Head | Andrea & Robert | ||
| August 7, 2022 | 16:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Ballaghennie, Point of Ayre | Combine | |||
| August 4, 2022 | 11:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Bay stacka, west of Sugarloaf | Stephen Cowley | ||
| August 4, 2022 | 16:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Between Port Erin and the Sound | Phil M | ||
| August 4, 2022 | 21:25 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Port Erin Bay | Andy Karran | ||
| August 4, 2022 | 17:05 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | West of the Calf | Stanley Conlon | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 15:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Edge of Peel bay | Chris Duff | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 20:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Port Erin | Dan James | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Niarbyl | Rosa | |||
| July 29, 2022 | 09:30 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | 3 miles East of Calf of Man | STV Leader | |||
| July 28, 2022 | 20:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 1 mile off Peel | Casey J |