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
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
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