Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 8, 2023 | 06:30 | Minke Whale | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 120 |
Marine drive Toll Gate |
Adam TS |
| September 8, 2023 | 12:00 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 210 |
Marine Drive Toll Gate-Pigeon Stream-Douglas Head |
MWDW, Sue, Carol and others |
| September 8, 2023 | 18:00 | Unidentified Small Cetacean | 2 | 2 | Fast swim or porpoising | 10 |
Langness foghorn |
Buster Nixon / Mick Fleming |
| September 8, 2023 | 16:30 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Gibdale, Calf of Man |
Buster Nixon / Mick Fleming |
| September 8, 2023 | 15:59 | Risso’s Dolphin | 1 | 0 | Leaping | 1 |
Just south of Bay Fine |
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| September 8, 2023 | 15:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Off The Stack to west of Calf of Man |
Elizabeth Dunlop |
| September 8, 2023 | 15:43 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
200 yards off Gibdale, Calf of Man |
Nina & Dermot Shimmin |
| September 8, 2023 | 10:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 5 | 4 | Logging on surface | 90 |
West of Calf |
Ian |
| September 8, 2023 | 10:30 | Harbour porpoise | 3 | 2 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Port Soderick |
Michael Quayle |
| September 8, 2023 | 16:00 | Harbour porpoise | 4 | 1 | Not recorded | 5 |
Kione ny Halby, Calf of Man |
Calf Wardens |
| September 7, 2023 | 16:40 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
Marine drive Toll Gate |
Adam TS |
| September 7, 2023 | 07:20 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
Marine drive Toll Gate |
Pawel G |
| September 7, 2023 | 13:00 | Harbour porpoise | 3 | 0 | Not recorded | 5 |
Gibdale, Calf of Man |
Calf Wardens |
| September 7, 2023 | 15:30 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 0 | Not recorded | 5 |
Towards the Stack, Calf of Man |
Calf Wardens |
| September 6, 2023 | 17:10 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Bow riding | 25 |
Castletown |
Lee Jones, C.Pedder |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| June 15, 2022 | 15:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | West of Calf of Man | Quentin De Backer | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 15:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Port Erin bay | Not recorded | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 12:10 | 3 | Tight circling | 20 | 6 miles south Sugar loaf | Kirrie jenkins, Doug Patrick | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 11:05 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 35 | Douglas head | Ian Wilcock | |||
| June 14, 2022 | 21:30 | 2 | Suspected feeding | 35 | Marine drive Port Soderick end | Kevin Sharpe | |||
| 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 |