Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2020 | 14:40 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Kirk Michael beach |
Lauren Murphy |
| May 7, 2020 | 08:50 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 2 | Feeding or foraging | 210 |
Peel |
Kim, Brian, Jayne Wallace |
| May 3, 2020 | 13:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Port Soderick |
Ian wilcock |
| May 3, 2020 | 09:10 | Risso’s Dolphin | 14 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 320 |
Marine Drive Arches to Groudle |
Steve Wright, James Robertson |
| May 3, 2020 | 10:45 | Harbour Porpoise | 9 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 90 |
Port St Mary |
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| May 3, 2020 | 16:50 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Leaping | 5 |
Ballaugh/Jurby beach |
Evie Groves |
| May 3, 2020 | 16:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 19 | 1 | Leaping | 240 |
Fort island, Langness |
Richard and Janice Cooil, Liz Charter, Hannah Curtis, Cath Moore |
| May 2, 2020 | 18:00 | Unidentified Small Cetacean | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Keristal |
Linda Harding |
| May 1, 2020 | 10:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 3 | 1 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Port St Mary |
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| May 1, 2020 | 20:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
The Lhen |
Kerry Coulter |
| April 29, 2020 | 12:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Behind Peel Castle |
Stephen Parry |
| April 29, 2020 | 20:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
The Lhen |
Kerry Coulter |
| April 28, 2020 | 12:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Onchan head |
James Robertson |
| April 28, 2020 | 16:30 | Unidentified Large Cetacean | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 20 |
Balleria Beach, Kirk Michael |
Paul Rowley |
| April 27, 2020 | 13:50 | Unidentified Small Cetacean | 2 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 10 |
Little Ness, south across mouth of Port Soderick Bay. |
John Cowin |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 21, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 120 | Port Erin | Debbie McGregor | |||
| August 20, 2022 | 11:00 | 1 | Parellel swimming | 10 | Peel Castle | Jonathan Reilly | |||
| August 15, 2022 | 18:35 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | Back of the Calf | Joshua and Jake, Paul, Tanya and others on Shona boat | |||
| August 14, 2022 | 13:50 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 120 | West of the Sound | MWDW | |||
| August 13, 2022 | 19:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Langness | Laura Elizabeth | |||
| 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 |