Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 22, 2024 | 19:00 | Harbour porpoise | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Cow Harbour, Calf of Man |
Calf Wardens |
| July 22, 2024 | 14:40 | Harbour porpoise | 7 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 80 |
Gibale Bay, Calf of Man |
Calf Wardens |
| July 21, 2024 | 17:30 | Harbour porpoise | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Gibdale Bay, Calf of Man |
Calf Wardens |
| July 19, 2024 | 14:05 | Harbour porpoise | 2 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Gibdale Bay, Calf of Man |
Calf Wardens |
| July 18, 2024 | 15:30 | Harbour porpoise | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Cow Harbour, Calf of Man |
Calf Wardens |
| July 18, 2024 | 16:15 | Harbour porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Cow Harbour, Calf of Man |
Calf Wardens |
| July 18, 2024 | 16:15 | Risso’s dolphin | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Fold point, Calf of man |
Calf Wardens |
| July 17, 2024 | 08:45 | Risso’s dolphin | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
6.5 miles S of PSM |
Martin Lambden |
| July 17, 2024 | 17:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Peel Bay |
Megg Whelan-Ferris |
| July 17, 2024 | 13:00 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Cow Harbour, Calf of Man |
Calf Wardens |
| July 17, 2024 | 16:00 | Harbour porpoise | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Cow Harbour, Calf of Man |
Calf Wardens |
| July 17, 2024 | 19:30 | Common dolphin | 5 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Gibdale Bay, Calf of Man |
Calf Wardens |
| July 16, 2024 | 17:10 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Leaping | 120 |
Peel bay |
Carlos Franklin, Clare, MWDW |
| July 16, 2024 | 19:10 | Risso’s dolphin | 9 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 10 |
Burroo |
Thomas Keggen (Boat Trips Isle of Man) |
| July 16, 2024 | 06:30 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Lower Lighthouse, Calf of Man |
Calf Wardens |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 4, 2022 | 17:05 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | West of the Calf | Stanley Conlon | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 15:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Edge of Peel bay | Chris Duff | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 20:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Port Erin | Dan James | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Niarbyl | Rosa | |||
| July 29, 2022 | 09:30 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | 3 miles East of Calf of Man | STV Leader | |||
| July 28, 2022 | 20:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 1 mile off Peel | Casey J | ||
| July 27, 2022 | 13:00 | 1 | Tight circling | 10 | Gibdale Point | Peter Kay | |||
| 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 |