Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 22, 2024 | 13:45 | Risso’s dolphin | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 120 |
Marine Drive |
Benjamin Roobottom |
| April 21, 2024 | 19:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 45 |
Peel bay |
Cathleen Collister, Jason Corlett |
| April 21, 2024 | 10:45 | Risso’s dolphin | 1 | 0 | Other | 15 |
The Sound |
Martin Lambden |
| April 21, 2024 | 08:00 | Harbour porpoise | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Cow harbour, Calf of Man |
Calf wardens |
| April 21, 2024 | 13:00 | Harbour porpoise | 4 | 1 | Fast swim or porpoising | 1 |
Chicken rocks, Calf of Man |
Calf wardens |
| April 21, 2024 | 14:10 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Gibdale point |
Calf wardens |
| April 21, 2024 | 14:30 | Harbour porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Calf of Man lighthouse |
Calf wardens |
| April 21, 2024 | 19:00 | Common dolphin | 60 | 10 | Fast swim or porpoising | 30 |
The Stack, west Calf of Man |
Calf wardens |
| April 20, 2024 | 19:00 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Not recorded | 5 |
NW of Calf lighthouses |
Calf Wardens |
| April 20, 2024 | 16:30 | Harbour porpoise | 2 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Gibdale point |
Calf wardens |
| April 20, 2024 | 15:00 | Bottlenose dolphin | 7 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Chicken rocks, Calf of Man |
Calf wardens |
| April 19, 2024 | 13:40 | Risso’s dolphin | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Port Mooar |
Shane Stigant |
| April 19, 2024 | 18:30 | Risso’s dolphin | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| April 19, 2024 | 16:30 | Harbour porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Caigher point, Calf of Man |
Calf wardens |
| April 17, 2024 | 14:00 | Harbour porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Caigher point, west 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |