Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
June 7, 2016 13:50 Risso’s Dolphin 3 0 Normal swimming 5

Douglas Lighthouse

Maggie Shutler
June 7, 2016 16:10 Risso’s Dolphin 12 0 Not recorded 10

Fort Island, Langness

Mark Kitching
June 7, 2016 14:00 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Peel Hill

Mike Prior
June 7, 2016 15:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 2

Port St Mary

Iain Wilkinson
June 7, 2016 15:45 Risso’s Dolphin 3 0 Not recorded 6

Calf of Man

Chris Burton
June 6, 2016 15:50 Harbour Porpoise 6 0 Normal swimming 5

Langness

Karen & Richard Hooper
June 6, 2016 17:45 Minke Whale 2 Feeding or foraging 2

10 miles off Peel

William Bailie
June 6, 2016 13:00 Risso’s Dolphin 2 0 Normal swimming 10

Langness

Adam Kelly
June 5, 2016 18:00 Risso’s Dolphin 6 1 Blowing 30

Langness

Ed and Jo Duggan
June 3, 2016 07:30 Risso’s Dolphin 5 1 Fast swim or porpoising 20

1 mile East Langness

huw fairclough
June 3, 2016 07:30 Common Dolphin 1 0 Bow riding 5

Douglas head, from Ben-my-Chree

Tom Felce
June 3, 2016 19:00 Minke Whale 2 0 Feeding or foraging 10

15 miles off Peel

Tom Felce
June 3, 2016 12:00 Risso’s Dolphin 7 0 Feeding or foraging 30

Castletown Bay

Salma Shalla
May 30, 2016 16:30 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 2

Langness

Lottie Morris
May 29, 2016 11:45 Harbour Porpoise 2 Normal swimming 1

Middle of Port Soderick Bay

Pete Quirk

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
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
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