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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 27, 2022 | 12:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | 3 miles west of Peel | Max Crookall | |||
| June 23, 2022 | 16:45 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 1 | Half a mile north of Calf Sound | Malcolm Stewart | ||
| June 22, 2022 | 18:15 | 1 | 2 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Herring tower Langness | Richard and Janice Cooil | ||
| June 22, 2022 | 19:20 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 2 | 6km SW of Chicken Rock | David Bellamy & others | |||
| June 21, 2022 | 19:15 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Port Wallberry, Marine Drive | Manx Ornithological Society Marine Drive walk | ||
| June 21, 2022 | 17:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 25 | 350m off Glen Wyllin | Ian Young | |||
| June 18, 2022 | 11:00 | 1 | Swimming | 15 | Marine Drive | Craig Whalley | |||
| June 16, 2022 | 12:10 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Douglas head | Ian Wilcock | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 13:45 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Port Soderick | Jordan Palfreman | ||||
| June 15, 2022 | 15:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | West of Calf of Man | Quentin De Backer | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 15:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Port Erin bay | Not recorded | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 12:10 | 3 | Tight circling | 20 | 6 miles south Sugar loaf | Kirrie jenkins, Doug Patrick | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 11:05 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 35 | Douglas head | Ian Wilcock | |||
| June 14, 2022 | 21:30 | 2 | Suspected feeding | 35 | Marine drive Port Soderick end | Kevin Sharpe | |||
| June 13, 2022 | 19:55 | 1 | Tight circling | 15 | Fort Island | David Bellamy & Robert Fisher |