Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2020 | 17:40 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 360 |
Point of Ayre to Peel to Glen Wyllin |
Too many to mention |
| May 27, 2020 | 17:45 | Harbour Porpoise | 4 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
South of Sugarloaf |
Nina & Dermot Shimmin |
| 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 |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2022 | 17:50 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | The Chasms | Alessia | ||
| May 7, 2022 | 14:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 45 | 300m east of the Calf of Man | Caroline & Phil Roriston and David | |||
| May 3, 2022 | 14:45 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Port Erin | ||||
| May 1, 2022 | 12:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Dalby | Richard Marks | |||
| April 29, 2022 | 17:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 15 | Eary Cushlin | Nicola |