Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 25, 2020 | 17:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 2 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 75 |
Peel bay |
Kim, Lou, Mike (WhatsApp), Ian and Sam the collie, Katie Morgan |
| June 25, 2020 | 17:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 1 |
West of the Sound |
John Rimmer |
| June 25, 2020 | 13:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 25 | 5 | Leaping | 190 |
Maughold -Douglas bay |
Paul Griffiths, Louise Stewart, Amy Fenlon, Jason Taylor |
| June 24, 2020 | 13:25 | Risso’s Dolphin | 7 | 0 | Normal swimming | 30 |
East of the sound |
MWDW plus tourist boats |
| June 24, 2020 | 14:40 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
East of the Sound |
MWDW |
| June 24, 2020 | 14:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 60 |
Peel castle |
Jerry Jones, Mandy Hewes |
| June 24, 2020 | 19:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
The Lhen |
Rob Riley |
| June 24, 2020 | 13:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 2 | 1 | Normal swimming | 60 |
Whitestrand |
Ian Young |
| June 20, 2020 | 16:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Not recorded | 5 |
Peel headlands |
Oliver |
| June 19, 2020 | 16:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 120 |
Peel bay |
David Peach, Ian & Dylan Judd, Amy Shelton |
| June 18, 2020 | 17:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Port Erin bay |
Ali Robertson & Luke Roberts |
| June 18, 2020 | 19:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 15 | 0 | Boat interaction (not riding bow) | 30 |
8 mile west of Chicken rock (Calf of Man) |
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| June 17, 2020 | 11:45 | Risso’s Dolphin | 3 | 2 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Scarlett |
Mal Stewart |
| June 17, 2020 | 15:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Driving fish onto sandbank | 10 |
Dog Mills |
Sue Corrin |
| June 16, 2020 | 17:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
1.5miles SE of Douglas Head |
Pete Quirk Salar II |
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 |