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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |