Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 12, 2016 | 16:15 | Harbour Porpoise | 6 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Langness |
Neil and Glennis Corkill |
| July 12, 2016 | 17:15 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
SE of Black Head |
Carol Woodall & Sue Whittaker |
| July 12, 2016 | 15:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 4 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
West of The Calf |
Dani Crellin |
| July 12, 2016 | 11:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 7 | 0 | Leaping | 9 |
Calf of Man |
Chris Burton |
| July 12, 2016 | 14:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 2 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 5 |
Calf of Man |
Chris Burton |
| July 6, 2016 | 15:56 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 2 |
West of The Sound |
Carol Woodall |
| July 5, 2016 | 13:47 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 2 |
2 miles off Port St Mary |
Stuart marshall |
| July 5, 2016 | 20:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 8 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 5 |
Ramsey Bay |
Dilys Sowrey |
| July 3, 2016 | 17:08 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
West of The Sound |
Sue Whittaker & Carol |
| July 3, 2016 | 08:50 | Unidentified Small Cetacean | 5 | 0 | Bow riding | 5 |
Douglas, seen from Ben-My-Chree |
Anonymous |
| June 24, 2016 | 15:41 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 1 |
SE of Sound |
Sue Whittaker |
| June 23, 2016 | 07:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 3 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 90 |
Off Spanish head |
David Wright |
| June 23, 2016 | 08:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 10 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 10 |
Off Spanish head |
David Wright |
| June 23, 2016 | 08:20 | Common Dolphin | 6 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 5 |
Off Spanish head |
David Wright |
| June 18, 2016 | 11:05 | Risso’s Dolphin | 10 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Onchan Head |
David Cain |
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 |