Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 29, 2024 | 15:25 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Peel Casle |
Jeannette Griffiths |
| September 28, 2024 | 12:45 | Bottlenose dolphin | 25 | 5 | Feeding or foraging | 90 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| September 28, 2024 | 07:05 | Bottlenose dolphin | 12 | 1 | Bow riding | 10 |
Douglas bay |
Jay Taylor |
| September 25, 2024 | 10:30 | Unidentified small cetacean | 8 | 0 | Boat interaction (not riding bow) | 10 |
Clay head |
Not recorded |
| September 23, 2024 | 17:15 | Risso’s dolphin | 15 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 10 |
Marine drive arches |
Marc Mellor, Rosie Callow |
| September 22, 2024 | 07:45 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Bradda head |
Sylvia Podmore |
| September 20, 2024 | 13:20 | Common dolphin | 200 | 50 | Fast swim or porpoising | 15 |
1/2 mile off Point of Ayre |
Jake ‘Rocket’ Mortimer |
| September 17, 2024 | 10:30 | Minke whale | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 50 |
6 miles NW of Peel |
Ian and Jane Young |
| September 16, 2024 | 16:55 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| September 16, 2024 | 18:20 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | Bow riding | 40 |
Peel breakwater |
MWDW | |
| September 13, 2024 | 14:00 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
The Chasms |
Elan Shipton |
| September 13, 2024 | 14:10 | Harbour porpoise | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Perwick bay |
Elan Shipton |
| September 12, 2024 | 17:30 | Harbour porpoise | 4 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Gibdale Bay, Calf of Man |
Calf Warden |
| September 11, 2024 | 18:45 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Peel Breakwater |
Dennis Jepson |
| September 11, 2024 | 17:00 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Gibdale Bay, Calf of Man |
Calf Warden |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| June 15, 2022 | 15:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | West of Calf of Man | Quentin De Backer | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 15:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Port Erin bay | Not recorded | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 12:10 | 3 | Tight circling | 20 | 6 miles south Sugar loaf | Kirrie jenkins, Doug Patrick | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 11:05 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 35 | Douglas head | Ian Wilcock | |||
| June 14, 2022 | 21:30 | 2 | Suspected feeding | 35 | Marine drive Port Soderick end | Kevin Sharpe | |||
| June 13, 2022 | 19:55 | 1 | Tight circling | 15 | Fort Island | David Bellamy & Robert Fisher | |||
| June 12, 2022 | 10:40 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 120 | Peel headlands-breakwater | John Baker, Alastair Sutherland, Jon Corlett, Elli Gawne, Julie Howarth |