Recent cetacean sightings
Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
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June 15, 2024 | 11:30 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | Fast swim or porpoising | 5 |
10 miles NW of Calf Sound |
Dermot Shimmin | |
June 15, 2024 | 20:15 | Harbour porpoise | 2 | Fast swim or porpoising | 15 |
Between Port Erin and Calf of Man |
Matt Tyrer | |
June 15, 2024 | 10:50 | Harbour porpoise | 2 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
The Sound |
Martin Lambden |
June 15, 2024 | 12:50 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Ghaw Yairn, Calf of Man |
Calf Wardens |
June 15, 2024 | 05:30 | Risso’s dolphin | 4 | 0 | Normal swimming | 360 |
Lighthouses-Cow Harbour, Calf of Man |
Calf Wardens |
June 13, 2024 | 10:15 | Harbour porpoise | 2 | 0 | Not recorded | 5 |
Gibdale, Calf of Man |
Calf Wardens |
June 12, 2024 | 13:30 | Risso’s dolphin | 4 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
South of the Calf |
Rose Pollard |
June 9, 2024 | 12:00 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 60 |
South Harbour |
Calf Wardens |
June 8, 2024 | 15:30 | Common dolphin | 0 | 1 | Normal swimming | 30 |
Derbyhaven |
Sam Palmer, Holli Dentith |
June 5, 2024 | 21:40 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Peel Beach |
Pete Hughes |
June 4, 2024 | 17:30 | Risso’s dolphin | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 45 |
Marine Drive |
Christopher Lees, Tom Morgan, Gemma |
June 1, 2024 | 19:50 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Peel Breakwater |
Dave Corkish |
May 31, 2024 | 07:00 | Risso’s dolphin | 10 | 0 | Boat interaction (not riding bow) | 45 |
10 Miles north of Peel |
Chris Gulland |
May 29, 2024 | 11:30 | Bottlenose dolphin | 6 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 10 |
Castletown bay |
Groudle Class, Victoria Rd Primary School |
May 29, 2024 | 12:30 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 0 | Not recorded | 2 |
South harbour, Calf of Man |
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 |
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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 | |||
July 28, 2022 | 20:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 1 mile off Peel | Casey J | ||
July 27, 2022 | 13:00 | 1 | Tight circling | 10 | Gibdale Point | Peter Kay | |||
July 18, 2022 | 19:37 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Nine and a half miles NW of Calf Sound | Nina Shimmin | |||
July 16, 2022 | 18:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 80 | Port Erin | undeleeb din, Elasmomann | |||
July 14, 2022 | 07:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | 3 miles off Contrary head | Max Crookall | |||
July 12, 2022 | 03:00 | 2 | Swimming | 120 | Port Erin Bay | Charles Leclerc | |||
July 11, 2022 | 10:40 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 7 | 1nm SE of South Harbour, Calf of Man | David Bellamy & Robert Fisher | ||
July 10, 2022 | 21:20 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 6 | Three and a half miles NW of Calf Sound | Dermot Shimmin | |||
July 5, 2022 | 09:00 | 1 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 120 | 1 km off White Strand & Gob-Y-Deigan | Ian Judd | ||
July 5, 2022 | 15:45 | 1 | Swimming | 15 | Niarbyl Bay | Georgina Franks, Lauren Slater |