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 |
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| June 12, 2022 | 10:40 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 120 | Peel headlands-breakwater | John Baker, Alastair Sutherland, Jon Corlett, Elli Gawne, Julie Howarth | |||
| June 11, 2022 | 15:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 160 | Gansey bay | Tim, Richard Corlett | |||
| June 9, 2022 | 10:57 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Jurby | Lizzie Coote | |||
| June 7, 2022 | 18:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Marine drive | MWDW | |||
| June 6, 2022 | 16:40 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | 5m off Port Erin | Faye Devlin | |||
| June 3, 2022 | 11:05 | 1 | Swimming | 1 | Half a mile west of Spanish Head | Malcolm Stewart | |||
| June 2, 2022 | 15:20 | 1 | Swimming | 1 | Off Jurby head | Malcolm Stewart | |||
| May 29, 2022 | 12:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | East of the Sound | MWDW | |||
| May 26, 2022 | 13:40 | 1 | Swimming | 15 | Peel Castle | Eric Holmes, Oliver & Sarah Middleton |