Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 15, 2020 | 16:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
South of Kitterland |
Phill m |
| June 15, 2020 | 16:15 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 3 |
Outside Port Erin bay |
Nina & Dermot Shimmin |
| June 15, 2020 | 12:15 | Risso’s Dolphin | 6 | 0 | Normal swimming | 240 |
Port St Mary to Warts bank (south of the Calf) |
Steve Wright, Alexander and Geoff and Jane Cork |
| June 14, 2020 | 19:20 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Castletown Bay |
Lindsay Rowe |
| June 14, 2020 | 16:20 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Off Niarbyl |
Nina & Dermot Shimmin |
| June 13, 2020 | 15:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Blue Point |
Mick |
| June 10, 2020 | 10:50 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
Derbyhaven breakwater |
Liz Charter |
| June 9, 2020 | 12:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Blue Point |
Nick Pinder |
| June 9, 2020 | 10:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 4 | 0 | Blowing | 30 |
Fort Island |
Samuel and Euan Kinnish |
| June 9, 2020 | 12:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
West of The Sound |
Steve Wright |
| June 9, 2020 | 13:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Leaping | 30 |
East of the Sound |
Steve Wright, Neil Barron, Jen A |
| June 9, 2020 | 15:15 | Risso’s Dolphin | 7 | 0 | Normal swimming | 25 |
West of the Sound |
Jen, Neil, Jean, Howard & Andrea |
| June 8, 2020 | 16:35 | Risso’s Dolphin | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Marine drive toll gate |
Brian Liggins |
| June 2, 2020 | 08:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 6 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 180 |
West of the Sound |
Adam Tansey-Scales and Em |
| June 2, 2020 | 10:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Derbyhaven |
Liz Charter |
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 |