Recent cetacean sightings
Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
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June 18, 2017 | 11:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
Sugarloaf |
Kirrie Jenkins |
June 18, 2017 | 15:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
Fleshwick |
Kirrie Jenkins |
June 18, 2017 | 15:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 5 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 40 |
Port St Mary |
Steve Quilliam |
June 18, 2017 | 10:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 2 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Bradda Head |
Richard Hill |
June 4, 2017 | 07:40 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 20 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 10 |
Ramsey Bay |
Danny Kermeen |
June 2, 2017 | 15:00 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
5 miles off Peel |
Anon |
May 31, 2017 | 09:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 5 | 0 | Leaping | 5 |
Off Peel |
Nicky Horne |
May 25, 2017 | 20:15 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Port Erin Bay. |
Liz Charter and Tim Earl (and visitors who spotted them) |
May 25, 2017 | 15:00 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Leaping | 5 |
3.5 miles off Bradda Head |
Nicky Horne |
May 24, 2017 | 11:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
Cranstal (near Point of Ayre) |
Paula Wadsworth |
May 24, 2017 | 12:58 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
South of the Sound |
Sue & Bill Whittaker |
May 20, 2017 | 14:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
South of the Sound |
Steve Wright |
May 19, 2017 | 15:45 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Point of Ayre |
Bill & Sue Whittaker |
May 17, 2017 | 16:15 | Minke Whale | 0 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
10kms south of Castletown |
Craig Woodbridge/David Beard |
May 17, 2017 | 12:35 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
PSM ledges |
Sue & Bill Whittaker |
Recent basking shark sightings
Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
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August 4, 2022 | 17:05 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | West of the Calf | Stanley Conlon | |||
August 3, 2022 | 15:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Edge of Peel bay | Chris Duff | |||
August 3, 2022 | 20:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Port Erin | Dan James | |||
August 3, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Niarbyl | Rosa | |||
July 29, 2022 | 09:30 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | 3 miles East of Calf of Man | STV Leader | |||
July 28, 2022 | 20:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 1 mile off Peel | Casey J | ||
July 27, 2022 | 13:00 | 1 | Tight circling | 10 | Gibdale Point | Peter Kay | |||
July 18, 2022 | 19:37 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Nine and a half miles NW of Calf Sound | Nina Shimmin | |||
July 16, 2022 | 18:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 80 | Port Erin | undeleeb din, Elasmomann | |||
July 14, 2022 | 07:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | 3 miles off Contrary head | Max Crookall | |||
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 |