Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 19, 2019 | 19:10 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 3 |
Bay Fine Port Erin |
Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips |
| April 19, 2019 | 15:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
The Stack, Calf of Man |
Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips |
| April 19, 2019 | 17:40 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | Normal swimming | 2 |
Bay Fine, Port Erin |
Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips | |
| April 18, 2019 | 13:40 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 20 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 80 |
Laxey bay to Onchan |
Too many to mention |
| April 18, 2019 | 12:45 | Harbour Porpoise | 5 | 0 | Not recorded | 2 |
Stack of Man |
Gemini Charter Bob Taylor |
| April 17, 2019 | 20:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Not recorded | 3 |
SW of The Sound |
Gemini Charter Bob Taylor |
| April 16, 2019 | 13:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 6 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 2 |
Outside of Cow Harbour (Calf of Man) |
Di Swayne and others |
| April 16, 2019 | 18:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Kallow Point, Port St Mary |
Neil |
| April 12, 2019 | 08:45 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Cow Harbour (Calf of Man) |
Mike Haigh |
| April 11, 2019 | 09:55 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Gibdale Bay (Calf of Man) |
Di Swayne |
| April 10, 2019 | 15:55 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
Off upper lighthouse (Calf of Man) |
Di Swayne |
| April 10, 2019 | 17:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Lower lighthouse (Calf of Man) |
Di Swayne |
| April 9, 2019 | 18:45 | Harbour Porpoise | 4 | 0 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Off the Cletts |
Di Swayne |
| April 9, 2019 | 12:45 | Risso’s Dolphin | 4 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 80 |
Santon head |
Neil Barron, Pete (WhatsApp) |
| April 8, 2019 | 18:15 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
South of the Stack on the Calf of Man |
Di Swayne |
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 |