Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 9, 2024 | 08:40 | Bottlenose dolphin | 4 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Cow harbour, Calf of Man |
Calf wardens |
| April 8, 2024 | 13:40 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Gibdale point |
Calf wardens |
| April 7, 2024 | 12:00 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Gibdale point |
Calf wardens |
| April 7, 2024 | 15:30 | Harbour porpoise | 2 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Off the lighthouse, Calf of Man |
Calf wardens |
| April 5, 2024 | 10:30 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Gibdale, Calf of Man |
Calf Wardens |
| April 5, 2024 | 16:00 | Common dolphin | 2 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 2 |
Cow harbour, Calf of Man |
Calf wardens |
| April 4, 2024 | 08:40 | Common dolphin | 30 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 10 |
Drinking Dragon |
Calf Wardens |
| April 4, 2024 | 15:05 | Harbour porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Gibdale, Calf of Man |
Calf Wardens |
| April 2, 2024 | 11:00 | Common dolphin | 3 | 0 | Sleeping | 5 |
3 miles off Chicken rock |
Dylan Williamson |
| April 2, 2024 | 11:40 | Bottlenose dolphin | 10 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Calf Sound |
Tim Jones |
| April 2, 2024 | 11:25 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 150 |
Point of Ayre-Ramsey |
Alia Centofanti, Deb Cubbon |
| April 2, 2024 | 11:00 | Harbour porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Gibdale, Calf of Man |
Calf Wardens |
| April 1, 2024 | 14:00 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
The Puddle, Calf of Man |
Calf Wardens |
| March 31, 2024 | 14:00 | Harbour porpoise | 3 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Chicken rock |
Calf Wardens |
| March 30, 2024 | 17:00 | Unidentified small cetacean | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Glen Mooar |
Richard Crane |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |