Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
August 27, 2024 15:25 Harbour porpoise 3 2 Feeding or foraging 35

Between Gibdale and Cow Harbour, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
August 27, 2024 12:10 Harbour porpoise 3 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Cow Harbour, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
August 26, 2024 14:45 Bottlenose dolphin 6 4 Feeding or foraging 10

Peel

Dave Corkish
August 25, 2024 20:00 Bottlenose dolphin 18 0 Feeding or foraging 30

Perwick Bay

Buster Nixon
August 24, 2024 13:45 Bottlenose dolphin 30 30 Leaping 200

Port Erin Bay-The Sound

Lots of observers
August 24, 2024 14:00 Harbour porpoise 1 0 Feeding or foraging 5

South Harbour, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
August 23, 2024 14:00 Harbour porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Gibdale, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
August 22, 2024 10:00 Harbour porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Culbery, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
August 22, 2024 11:10 Common dolphin 2 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Culbery, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
August 22, 2024 08:00 Common dolphin 1 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Cow Harbour, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
August 21, 2024 07:25 Harbour porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Culbery, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
August 20, 2024 06:35 Risso’s dolphin 2 0 Feeding or foraging 35

Culbery, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
August 20, 2024 08:10 Common dolphin 8 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Culbery, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
August 18, 2024 15:45 Common dolphin 10 0 Bow riding 10

2 miles off Peel

August 17, 2024 17:00 Harbour porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Cow Harbour, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
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
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