Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
June 19, 2018 12:00 Risso’s Dolphin 4 0 Fast swim or porpoising 20

Drinking dragon, Calf of Man

Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips, Neil Barron
June 19, 2018 11:10 Harbour Porpoise 2 1 Feeding or foraging 5

East of Kitterland, The Sound

Neil Barron
June 19, 2018 11:40 Risso’s Dolphin 6 0 Normal swimming 10

Scarlett

Thomas
June 19, 2018 15:10 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Onchan Head

Stephen Mc Guinness
June 15, 2018 12:00 Risso’s Dolphin 3 0 Normal swimming 30

off South Harbour Calf of Man

chris Burton shona Boat trips
June 11, 2018 12:30 Minke Whale 1 0 Blowing 15

Spanish head

Adam cregeen
June 10, 2018 12:55 Risso’s Dolphin 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Spanish Head

Martin Lambden
June 10, 2018 17:00 Risso’s Dolphin 14 1 Normal swimming 90

Marine Drive

Mark Less, Clare
June 10, 2018 19:15 Risso’s Dolphin 7 0 Normal swimming 10

Caigher point

Stephen Clague
June 10, 2018 14:00 Common Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 30

Sugarloaf

Rob Mercer
June 10, 2018 14:00 Unidentified Large Cetacean 1 0 Leaping 10

10 miles west of Peel

Sailing club commandeer
June 10, 2018 13:10 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Not recorded 2

Bay Fine Port erin

chris burton Shona Boat trips
June 9, 2018 10:50 Risso’s Dolphin 7 1 Normal swimming 24

Herring Tower, Langness to Lighthouse

Mel, Richard and Janice Cooil
June 9, 2018 07:30 Risso’s Dolphin 3 0 Leaping 10

Off the Sugarloaf Port St Mary

June 9, 2018 15:30 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 1

4 miles east of Santon Head.

Pete Qurki

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
June 12, 2022 10:40 1 Suspected feeding 120 Peel headlands-breakwater John Baker, Alastair Sutherland, Jon Corlett, Elli Gawne, Julie Howarth
June 11, 2022 15:15 1 Suspected feeding 160 Gansey bay Tim, Richard Corlett
June 9, 2022 10:57 1 Suspected feeding 10 Jurby Lizzie Coote
June 7, 2022 18:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Marine drive MWDW
June 6, 2022 16:40 1 Swimming 5 5m off Port Erin Faye Devlin
June 3, 2022 11:05 1 Swimming 1 Half a mile west of Spanish Head Malcolm Stewart
June 2, 2022 15:20 1 Swimming 1 Off Jurby head Malcolm Stewart
May 29, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 East of the Sound MWDW
May 26, 2022 13:40 1 Swimming 15 Peel Castle Eric Holmes, Oliver & Sarah Middleton
May 24, 2022 18:00 1 Swimming 30 Port Erin bay Elizabeth Lawton
May 14, 2022 17:50 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 The Chasms Alessia
May 7, 2022 14:00 1 Suspected feeding 45 300m east of the Calf of Man Caroline & Phil Roriston and David
May 3, 2022 14:45 1 Suspected feeding 10 Port Erin
May 1, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Dalby Richard Marks
April 29, 2022 17:00 1 Suspected feeding 15 Eary Cushlin Nicola