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