Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
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| April 25, 2020 | 14:45 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
Ayres visitor center |
Martyn Skelly |
| April 24, 2020 | 10:50 | Risso’s Dolphin | 4 | 0 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Bradda head |
Graham and Jackie Hall |
| April 24, 2020 | 14:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 8 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Glen Chass, Port St Mary |
Graham & Jackie Hall |
| April 24, 2020 | 15:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 120 |
Kirk Michael-Peel bay |
Mandy Hewes, David Cartmell, Dawn Atherton |
| April 24, 2020 | 06:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 40 |
Pooylvaish to The Carrick |
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| April 24, 2020 | 21:10 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
The Lhen |
Cameron Sayle |
| April 24, 2020 | 16:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 4 | 0 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Port Soderick |
Beryl Payton |
| April 24, 2020 | 07:20 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 40 |
Niarbyl Point |
Allen S. Moore |
| April 23, 2020 | 16:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Fast swim or porpoising | 5 |
Peel bay |
Laura McHoy |
| April 22, 2020 | 08:45 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
Pooylvaish, Carrick Bay |
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| April 18, 2020 | 19:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Ballagaraghan Jurby |
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| April 18, 2020 | 15:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 0 | Not recorded | 70 |
Peel bay |
Mandy Hewes |
| April 15, 2020 | 12:40 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Peel bay |
Jon Wade |
| April 12, 2020 | 16:30 | Unidentified Large Cetacean | 1 | 0 | Leaping | 5 |
Douglas bay |
Jay Houghton |
| April 11, 2020 | 13:35 | Harbour Porpoise | 7 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 5 |
East of langness foghorn |
Richard/Janice Cooil |
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 |