Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
June 8, 2018 18:00 Risso’s Dolphin 6 0 Normal swimming 10

South of Ronaldsway Airport

Nick Shimmin
June 8, 2018 11:12 Risso’s Dolphin 1 0 Normal swimming 2

Half a mile off Bay Fine, Port Erin

Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips
June 8, 2018 12:10 Risso’s Dolphin 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Half a mile off the Stack, Calf of Man

Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips
June 8, 2018 12:50 Risso’s Dolphin 2 0 Normal swimming 2

Bay Fine, Port Erin

Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips
June 8, 2018 13:05 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 1

Bay Fine, Port Erin

Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips
June 8, 2018 13:10 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Not recorded 1

Off Port Erin

Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips
June 8, 2018 14:30 Risso’s Dolphin 1 0 Normal swimming 4

Bay Fine, Port Erin

Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips
June 8, 2018 15:25 Risso’s Dolphin 4 0 Normal swimming 10

Off the Stack, Calf of Man

Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips
June 8, 2018 19:31 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 5

North of Dalby

Brian Maddrell
June 7, 2018 10:40 Risso’s Dolphin 10 0 Leaping 45

East of Drinking Dragon,Calf

Richard and Janice Cooil
June 7, 2018 13:55 Risso’s Dolphin 8 0 Leaping 25

Off Eary Cushlin

Richard and Janice cooil
June 7, 2018 09:30 Risso’s Dolphin 4 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Marine drive

John&Hilary Brewis
June 7, 2018 10:50 Risso’s Dolphin 2 0 Leaping 5

.5 off stack Calf of Man

chris Burton shona Boat trips
June 7, 2018 11:15 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 1

Off chicken rock, Calf of Man

chris Burton shona Boat trips
June 7, 2018 20:30 Risso’s Dolphin 5 0 Feeding or foraging 30

Langness

geoffrey rimmer

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
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
June 22, 2022 19:20 1 Suspected feeding 2 6km SW of Chicken Rock David Bellamy & others