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
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
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