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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| 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 |