Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2023 | 16:45 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Peel Breakwater |
Linda and Justin Gartland |
| May 21, 2023 | 08:45 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Langness |
Neil Garlick |
| May 21, 2023 | 10:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Chicken Rock, Calf of Man |
Neil Cash |
| May 21, 2023 | 15:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
Calf of Man |
Mike blows |
| May 21, 2023 | 15:25 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 5 |
Groudle |
Dermot Shimmin |
| May 20, 2023 | 11:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 10 | 0 | Blowing | 15 |
Clay Head |
Will Crookall |
| May 20, 2023 | 19:40 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
S of the Sound |
Bill & Sue Whittaker & Carol |
| May 20, 2023 | 07:45 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 0 | Not recorded | 5 |
Burroo, Calf of Man |
Calf Wardens |
| May 19, 2023 | 13:30 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Peel Bay |
Many |
| May 17, 2023 | 16:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 240 |
Peel Bay |
Many |
| May 17, 2023 | 16:10 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Not recorded | 6 |
S of the Sound |
C Woodall and Sue Whittaker |
| May 16, 2023 | 11:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 4 | 0 | Normal swimming | 390 |
Douglas Bay – Marine Drive |
Allen Moore, Suzie Gardner, Louise Kennedy, Brian Liggins |
| May 16, 2023 | 14:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
Peel Bay |
Many |
| May 16, 2023 | 20:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 8 | 0 | Leaping | 20 |
Peel Bay |
Layla Caley |
| May 15, 2023 | 11:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Not recorded | 5 |
Gibdale head, Calf of Man |
Shona boat trips |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| 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 |