Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2017 | 11:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
South of the Sound |
Katherine Miller |
| May 7, 2017 | 11:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 4 | 0 | Not recorded | 1 |
100 metres NW of Gibdale Point. |
D J Richards |
| May 7, 2017 | 14:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 120 |
East of The Sound |
MWDW |
| May 7, 2017 | 15:10 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
West of The Sound |
MWDW |
| May 7, 2017 | 14:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Half a mile south of the Calf |
Kirrie Jenkins |
| May 7, 2017 | 10:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Warts bank |
Martin Lambden |
| May 7, 2017 | 07:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
100m off the islets of Langness |
Liz Charter and Tim Earl |
| May 6, 2017 | 15:55 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 4 |
S of The Sound |
Sue Whittaker |
| May 6, 2017 | 16:27 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
S of Sound |
Sue Whittaker | |
| May 1, 2017 | 09:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
East of the Sound |
Cheryl Gatfield |
| April 28, 2017 | 15:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 1 |
Close to the Red Buoy, Castletown Bay |
Pete Quirk |
| April 26, 2017 | 14:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 1 | Normal swimming | 45 |
Marine drive |
Hannah Hall | |
| April 23, 2017 | 09:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Ramsey |
Danny Kermeen |
| April 20, 2017 | 20:40 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Laxey bay |
Laura |
| April 20, 2017 | 16:25 | Harbour Porpoise | 5 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Langness |
Neil and Glennis Corkill |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| 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 |