Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2, 2020 | 11:45 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 90 |
Port St Mary |
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| June 2, 2020 | 13:15 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Port St Mary |
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| June 2, 2020 | 16:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Ballaugh beach |
Lyndsay B |
| June 1, 2020 | 20:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Fast swim or porpoising | 10 |
Sartfield |
Anita |
| June 1, 2020 | 16:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Blue point |
Haz Rutter |
| May 31, 2020 | 16:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Peel Breakwater |
MWDW |
| May 30, 2020 | 13:10 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 20 |
Point of Ayre |
Lynda Quayle, Teresa Williams |
| May 29, 2020 | 20:45 | Unidentified Large Cetacean | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
about 4 miles off Laxey headland |
Shane Stigant |
| May 28, 2020 | 13:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Kirk Michael |
Shaun Gelling |
| May 27, 2020 | 08:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Scarlett |
geoffrey rimmer |
| 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 |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| June 27, 2022 | 12:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | 3 miles west of Peel | Max Crookall |