Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 29, 2020 | 13:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 50 |
Peel bay |
Mandy Hewes |
| July 29, 2020 | 15:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Peel bay |
MWDW |
| July 29, 2020 | 17:20 | Common Dolphin | 55 | 5 | Fast swim or porpoising | 30 |
The Stack, Calf of Man |
Alan Taylor (Gemini Charter) |
| July 28, 2020 | 15:40 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
East of the Sound |
MWDW |
| July 28, 2020 | 15:30 | Unidentified Small Cetacean | 2 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 5 |
East of the Sound near black head |
MWDW |
| July 28, 2020 | 18:20 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 40 |
Peel bay |
MWDW |
| July 27, 2020 | 19:50 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 5 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 10 |
Peel bay |
MWDW |
| July 26, 2020 | 16:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 25 | 5 | Fast swim or porpoising | 10 |
Peel Castle |
Many |
| July 25, 2020 | 15:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 25 | 5 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Peel Breakwater |
Chris, Gaz |
| July 25, 2020 | 17:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Peel |
Jenny Bury, MWDW |
| July 24, 2020 | 05:45 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 4 |
Ramsey |
Sue Bottell |
| July 24, 2020 | 11:50 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 30 | 5 | Leaping | 130 |
From Bradda head to Niarbyl |
Stu, Kirrie & Philip Jenkins |
| July 23, 2020 | 15:10 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 10 | 0 | Leaping | 10 |
Peel Castle |
Finlay, Natalie and Danielle Tucker |
| July 21, 2020 | 12:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 5 | 0 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Peel Bay |
David Beard |
| July 21, 2020 | 08:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 175 |
Peel bay |
Mandy H, Ian & Sam the Collie |
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 |