Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 10, 2023 | 18:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Peel bay |
Cian Dickinson |
| July 9, 2023 | 22:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Leaping | 15 |
Laxey Bay |
David Bellamy & Robert Fisher |
| July 7, 2023 | 21:20 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Not recorded | 40 |
Peel harbour |
Rachel Holdforth, Ruth Harley, Jay Skillicorn and others |
| July 7, 2023 | 15:05 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
North of the Calf |
Liz Charter |
| June 29, 2023 | 17:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Peel |
Many |
| June 29, 2023 | 20:30 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 90 |
Port Erin bay |
Beth |
| June 27, 2023 | 18:35 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
West of the Sound |
S Whittaker |
| June 27, 2023 | 18:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 90 |
The Sound to Gansey |
Sue & Bill Whittaker, Guy Davis |
| June 27, 2023 | 09:30 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Peel |
Many |
| June 26, 2023 | 17:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 180 |
Peel breakwater |
Dave Corkish and others |
| June 26, 2023 | 18:40 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
S of Sound |
Sue Whittaker |
| June 26, 2023 | 16:55 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Leaping | 180 |
Peel bay, by Creg Malin |
Many |
| June 24, 2023 | 16:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Peel bay |
Many |
| June 23, 2023 | 06:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 12 | 3 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Peel |
Max Crookhall |
| June 22, 2023 | 17:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 30 | 10 | Feeding or foraging | 140 |
Port Mooar-Groudle |
Anna Kerruish, Jaqueline Yates, Lucy Kelly, Sue King |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| 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 |