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
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