Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 30, 2019 | 19:55 | Risso’s Dolphin | 5 | 0 | Normal swimming | 20 |
Pigean stream, Marine drive |
Neil Clague |
| April 29, 2019 | 12:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 4 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Cow Harbour. Calf of Man |
Neil, many others |
| April 28, 2019 | 20:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 5 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Fort Island |
Liz Charter |
| April 28, 2019 | 14:25 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 25 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 20 |
Ramsey bay |
Unknown |
| April 24, 2019 | 17:15 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Lower lighthouse looking east (Calf of Man) |
Di Swayne |
| April 22, 2019 | 19:00 | Unidentified Small Cetacean | 5 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
Lower Lighthouse looking west (Calf of Man) |
Di Swayne |
| April 22, 2019 | 07:35 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
Middle lighthouse (Calf of Man) |
Daniel Woollard |
| April 22, 2019 | 07:35 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
Middle lighthouse (Calf of Man) |
Daniel Woollard |
| April 22, 2019 | 09:15 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 120 |
Bay Fine Port Erin |
Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips |
| April 22, 2019 | 16:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
N of Calf of Man ( Amulty ) |
Gemini Charter Bob Taylor |
| April 21, 2019 | 11:45 | Risso’s Dolphin | 5 | 0 | Normal swimming | 60 |
Fiddler’s Green, Marine drive to Little Ness |
Allen S Moore |
| April 20, 2019 | 18:05 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 7 |
Lower lighthouse by The Stack (Calf of Man) |
Di Swayne |
| April 20, 2019 | 07:45 | Harbour Porpoise | 5 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 1 |
Upper lighthouse(Calf of Man) |
Daniel Woollard |
| April 20, 2019 | 16:55 | Harbour Porpoise | 6 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
Middle lighthouse (Calf of Man) |
Daniel Woollard |
| April 20, 2019 | 18:45 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 85 |
Bay Fine |
Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2023 | 18:45 | 3 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 10 | White beach niarbyl | Matt Tyrer | ||
| May 8, 2023 | 20:20 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 10 | Peel breakwater | Will holden | ||
| May 7, 2023 | 12:00 | 1 | Swimming | 10 | Point of Ayre | Liz Charter | |||
| May 6, 2023 | 11:10 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | Port Erin bay | Kathleen | |||
| August 28, 2022 | 10:00 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 360 | Peel bay | Peter Bradley, Nia Clague and many others | |||
| August 25, 2022 | 11:00 | 0 | 1 | Tight circling | 300 | Niarbyl | Keira & Owen, Stewart Ward | ||
| August 24, 2022 | 08:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 240 | Peel Breakwater | John Hills, Max Crookall | |||
| August 21, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 120 | Port Erin | Debbie McGregor | |||
| August 20, 2022 | 11:00 | 1 | Parellel swimming | 10 | Peel Castle | Jonathan Reilly | |||
| August 15, 2022 | 18:35 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | Back of the Calf | Joshua and Jake, Paul, Tanya and others on Shona boat | |||
| August 14, 2022 | 13:50 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 120 | West of the Sound | MWDW | |||
| August 13, 2022 | 19:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Langness | Laura Elizabeth | |||
| August 11, 2022 | 19:25 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Warts Bank, Calf of Man | Gemini | |||
| August 10, 2022 | 16:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Orrisdale head | Katie Robertson | |||
| August 10, 2022 | 19:40 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Port Erin-Sound | John Rimmer |