Recent cetacean sightings
Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
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December 27, 2015 | 11:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 6 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Port Jack – Douglas lighthouse. |
Shelley & Chris Kilpatrick |
December 25, 2015 | 11:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Langness |
Adam and Margaret Kelly |
December 22, 2015 | 11:50 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 10 | 0 | Not recorded | 10 |
Fort Island, Langness |
Cassie Kennaugh |
November 26, 2015 | 09:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 10 | 0 | Not recorded | 120 |
Cornaa-Laxey |
Unknown |
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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July 5, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 180 | Peel breakwater | Colin Lawrenson, Alistair Sutherland and other | ||
July 4, 2022 | 12:00 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 200 | Peel breakwater to the headlands | Andi young, Neil Westwood, The Mitchell family | |||
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 |