Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
May 14, 2016 15:10 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Feeding or foraging 90

S of Sound

Carol Woodall & Sue Whittaker
May 14, 2016 17:50 Harbour Porpoise 2 Feeding or foraging 30

S of Sound

Sue Whittaker & Carol
May 14, 2016 19:00 Harbour Porpoise 2 Not recorded 25

S of Sound

Rhona, Rob and Sue
May 14, 2016 15:40 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Fast swim or porpoising 15

Marine drive (north end of road closure)

John Cowin and Aisha Gadir
May 14, 2016 16:45 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Not recorded 10

Marine Drive

Rachel Jackson
May 13, 2016 12:03 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Feeding or foraging 5

S of Sound

Sue Whittaker &Bill
May 13, 2016 13:01 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Feeding or foraging 2

S of Sound

Sue Whittaker
May 12, 2016 13:50 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Fast swim or porpoising 1

SE of The Sound

Bill & Sue Whittaker
May 11, 2016 14:50 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 5

South of The Sound

Sue & Bill Whittaker
May 10, 2016 11:50 Risso’s Dolphin 1 0 Fast swim or porpoising 5

Marine Drive

MWDW
May 9, 2016 12:00 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Marine Drive

Graham Bayliss
May 8, 2016 14:30 Risso’s Dolphin 3 0 Normal swimming 20

Douglas Lighthouse and Marine Drive

Maggie Shutler/Daniel Hurst
May 6, 2016 13:38 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 1

South of The Sound

Sue Whittaker
May 6, 2016 19:47 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Feeding or foraging 5

South of The Sound

Sue Whittaker
May 6, 2016 07:50 Risso’s Dolphin 3 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Douglas Bay

Mandy Maynard Wise

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
July 3, 2022 14:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 Glen Maye – Peel Hill David R
July 3, 2022 15:55 1 Suspected feeding 10 150-200m off Peel Castle Mike Davies
June 30, 2022 13:50 1 1 Suspected feeding 15 Scarlett Virginia Keig
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