Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
July 16, 2024 06:30 Harbour porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 5

Lower Lighthouse, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
July 15, 2024 11:00 Risso’s dolphin 10 2 Blowing 25

1mile North from Chicken rock

Thomas Keggen ( Boat Trips Isle of Man)
July 15, 2024 17:15 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Feeding or foraging 50

Peel breakwater

MWDW
July 15, 2024 16:10 Harbour porpoise 5 2 Feeding or foraging 20

Off Chicken Rock

Calf Wardens
July 15, 2024 12:45 Harbour porpoise 4 1 Feeding or foraging 15

The Sound

Calf Wardens
July 15, 2024 15:30 Harbour porpoise 3 0 Feeding or foraging 5

West coast of the Calf

Calf Wardens
July 14, 2024 09:35 Risso’s dolphin 4 Leaping 5

1.5 miles off PSM

Andrew Thompson
July 14, 2024 16:00 Harbour porpoise 3 1 Normal swimming 5

Cow Harbour, Calf of Man

Cece, Dot, Ella & Ned
July 14, 2024 12:40 Harbour porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 15

Langness

July 14, 2024 14:00 Harbour porpoise 3 0 Feeding or foraging 240

South Harbour, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
July 14, 2024 15:00 Common dolphin 4 0 Feeding or foraging 20

South harbout, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
July 13, 2024 11:10 Other Leaping 5

South Harbour, Calf of man.

Mark Henson, Ian Lamprell
July 13, 2024 15:30 Common dolphin 5 1 Fast swim or porpoising 30

Derbyhaven

Shane Stigant and Craig Whalley
July 13, 2024 14:30 Harbour porpoise 4 0 Feeding or foraging 5

The Burroo, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
July 12, 2024 14:00 Risso’s dolphin 3 0 Normal swimming 10

South Harbour, 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