Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 10, 2024 | 15:15 | Harbour porpoise | 3 | 3 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Cow Harbour, Calf of Man |
Calf Warden |
| September 8, 2024 | 09:45 | Harbour porpoise | Normal swimming | 5 |
Cow Harbour, Calf of Man |
Calf Warden | ||
| September 7, 2024 | 13:25 | Harbour porpoise | 10 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Douglas head |
Natassja chadwick |
| September 7, 2024 | 13:40 | Unidentified small cetacean | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Douglas head towards onchan head |
Natassja chadwick |
| September 7, 2024 | 16:00 | Risso’s dolphin | 12 | 0 | Normal swimming | 280 |
Marine Drive – Port St Mary |
Pawel |
| September 7, 2024 | 18:20 | Harbour porpoise | 7 | 0 | Normal swimming | 30 |
Port St. Mary |
Neil |
| September 7, 2024 | 17:00 | Harbour porpoise | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Cow Harbour, Calf of Man |
Calf Warden |
| September 4, 2024 | 10:00 | Harbour porpoise | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Cow Harbour, Calf of Man |
Calf Warden | ||
| September 3, 2024 | 11:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 345 |
Peel to Port St. Mary |
Jed, Aquabike |
| September 2, 2024 | 08:00 | Bottlenose dolphin | 15 | 5 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Bradda Head |
Max Crookall |
| September 1, 2024 | 15:15 | Bottlenose dolphin | 7 | 3 | Fast swim or porpoising | 5 |
Maughold Head |
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| September 1, 2024 | 16:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Not recorded | 25 |
Douglas Bay |
Sophie Tuft, Rachel Anthony |
| August 31, 2024 | 14:00 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Amulty, Calf of Man |
Calf Wardens |
| August 30, 2024 | 15:50 | Harbour porpoise | 8 | 2 | Normal swimming | 120 |
West of the Sound |
Sue Whittaker & Carol |
| August 30, 2024 | 18:45 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 120 |
Port Erin Bay |
Richard/Janice Cooil, Aquabike |
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 |