Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
April 29, 2018 16:15 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Feeding or foraging 50

SE of Sound

Sue Whittaker, Neil Barron
April 28, 2018 13:20 Harbour Porpoise 2 1 Feeding or foraging 180

SE of Sound

Sue & Bill Whittaker & Neil Barron
April 28, 2018 16:05 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Fast swim or porpoising 5

W of the Sound

Bill & Sue Whittaker
April 28, 2018 19:40 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 15

SE of Sound

Robin & Rhona Settrey
April 27, 2018 14:10 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Fast swim or porpoising 1

S of Sound

Sue Whittaker
April 27, 2018 15:27 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Feeding or foraging 15

SE of Sound

Sue Whittaker
April 21, 2018 13:45 Risso’s Dolphin 5 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

End of airport runway

Em
April 21, 2018 10:15 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 120

North of the Sound

Sea Kayaking IOM
April 21, 2018 08:30 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 20

The Ledges, Port St Mary

Neil barron
April 20, 2018 08:30 Risso’s Dolphin 8 0 Normal swimming 15

Spanish head

Neil Barron
April 13, 2018 10:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 15

On Warts Bank

Martin Lambden
April 11, 2018 15:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 15 0 Bow riding 5

Off Douglas, seen from Ben-my-Chree

Zoe Sowrey
April 7, 2018 15:20 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Logging on surface 5

Rue Point

Nick Pinder
April 7, 2018 12:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 5

Langness

Kath Giles
April 7, 2018 14:00 Harbour Porpoise 20 0 Feeding or foraging 30

Calf Lighthouses

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
August 13, 2022 19:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Langness Laura Elizabeth
August 11, 2022 19:25 1 Suspected feeding 10 Warts Bank, Calf of Man Gemini
August 10, 2022 16:00 1 Suspected feeding 30 Orrisdale head Katie Robertson
August 10, 2022 19:40 1 Suspected feeding 20 Port Erin-Sound John Rimmer
August 9, 2022 17:25 1 Suspected feeding 3 Between Jurby and the Cronk Andrea & Robert
August 9, 2022 18:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 Off Orrisdale Head Andrea & Robert
August 7, 2022 16:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 Ballaghennie, Point of Ayre Combine
August 4, 2022 11:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 Bay stacka, west of Sugarloaf Stephen Cowley
August 4, 2022 16:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 20 Between Port Erin and the Sound Phil M
August 4, 2022 21:25 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 Port Erin Bay Andy Karran
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