Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
May 19, 2019 13:20 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Not recorded 2

Bay Fine Port Erin

chris burton Shona Boat trips
May 18, 2019 13:45 Risso’s Dolphin 2 2 Normal swimming 10

Off Langness

Carol J Woodall
May 18, 2019 14:15 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Langness

Carol J Woodall and Sue Whittaker
May 18, 2019 16:30 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Not recorded 2

Bay Fine Port Erin

Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips
May 16, 2019 08:15 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 15

Little Ness

Anon
May 15, 2019 09:10 Risso’s Dolphin 5 0 Feeding or foraging 15

W of Langness

Anon
May 14, 2019 19:15 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 15

W of Sound car park

Robin Sue & Carol
May 13, 2019 19:50 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Calf of Man

Robin Settrey Sue Bill &Carol
May 13, 2019 17:30 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 1

Port Soderick

Mike Quayle
May 13, 2019 11:30 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 2

N of Calf of Man

Gemini Charter Bob Taylor
May 12, 2019 09:15 Harbour Porpoise 2 2 Normal swimming 5

Fort Island

Mike Quayle
May 12, 2019 11:45 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Fast swim or porpoising 1

Fort Island

Mike Quayle
May 11, 2019 08:05 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 15

Cass Ny Hawin, north of the runway

Neil Barron
May 11, 2019 16:45 Risso’s Dolphin 8 0 Fast swim or porpoising 20

Langness Foghorn

Andy and Anne Roberts
May 11, 2019 19:50 Bottlenose Dolphin 20 0 Normal swimming 90

Laxey-Douglas

Many

Recent basking shark sightings

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