Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2020 | 10:40 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 35 | 5 | Normal swimming | 30 |
Little Ness |
Helen Rigby |
| May 27, 2020 | 14:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 9 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 120 |
Carrick bay, Port St Mary |
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| May 26, 2020 | 14:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Between Glen Mooar and Glen Wyllin |
Tillie Wells |
| May 26, 2020 | 17:10 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 2 |
Just south of Little Ness |
Nina & Dermot Shimmin |
| May 26, 2020 | 10:55 | Harbour Porpoise | 6 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 50 |
Carrick bay, Port St Mary |
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| May 24, 2020 | 09:50 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 310 |
Ramsey bay |
Liza Fennell, Christopher Wormwell |
| May 21, 2020 | 15:15 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Niarbyl |
Nina & Dermot Shimmin |
| May 20, 2020 | 16:10 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Port St Mary |
Lindsay & Fraser Rowe |
| May 20, 2020 | 17:20 | Risso’s Dolphin | 6 | 1 | Leaping | 15 |
Sugarloaf |
Richard Selman |
| May 9, 2020 | 12:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 40 |
Langness |
Dave, Nat, Ellis & Ivy Wiseman, Kristina May |
| May 9, 2020 | 16:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
North of the Calf |
Christine Brahde |
| May 9, 2020 | 16:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Marine Drive |
Peter Christian |
| May 9, 2020 | 14:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Kirk Michael |
Becky Hardcastle |
| May 8, 2020 | 19:20 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 30 |
Ballaugh-Jurby |
Natalie Leung, John Michael Hills |
| May 8, 2020 | 14:40 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Kirk Michael beach |
Lauren Murphy |
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 |