Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2023 | 11:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
East side of Point of Ayre |
Elizabeth Charter |
| May 7, 2023 | 15:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Not recorded | 5 |
Gibdale head, Calf of Man |
Shona boat trips |
| May 7, 2023 | 12:00 | Harbour porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Gibdale, Calf of Man |
Calf Wardens |
| May 6, 2023 | 11:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Port Erin |
Sarah Craine |
| May 6, 2023 | 15:55 | Harbour Porpoise | 4 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
West of Sound car park |
Carol Woodall & Sue Whittaker |
| May 6, 2023 | 16:05 | Harbour Porpoise | 5 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
West of Sound car park |
Bill & Sue Whittaker |
| May 6, 2023 | 19:25 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
W of Kitterland (Sound) |
Carol Woodall & Sue Whittaker |
| May 6, 2023 | 10:55 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Port Erin |
Cheryl |
| May 6, 2023 | 16:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Not recorded | 5 |
Gibdale, Cal of Man |
Shona boat trips |
| May 6, 2023 | 17:30 | Harbour porpoise | 2 | 0 | Not recorded | 5 |
East coast of Calf of Man |
Calf Wardens |
| May 5, 2023 | 19:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Rue Point |
David Bellamy and others |
| May 5, 2023 | 16:00 | Harbour porpoise | 3 | 0 | Not recorded | 5 |
Gibdale, Calf of Man |
Calf Wardens |
| May 5, 2023 | 17:30 | Harbour porpoise | 3 | 0 | Not recorded | 5 |
Gibdale, Calf of Man |
Calf Wardens |
| May 3, 2023 | 15:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 11 | 1 | Normal swimming | 30 |
500 yards behind Johnson’s bay Bradda head |
Adam |
| May 3, 2023 | 20:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 40 |
Port Erin |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| June 2, 2022 | 15:20 | 1 | Swimming | 1 | Off Jurby head | Malcolm Stewart | |||
| May 29, 2022 | 12:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | East of the Sound | MWDW | |||
| May 26, 2022 | 13:40 | 1 | Swimming | 15 | Peel Castle | Eric Holmes, Oliver & Sarah Middleton | |||
| May 24, 2022 | 18:00 | 1 | Swimming | 30 | Port Erin bay | Elizabeth Lawton | |||
| May 14, 2022 | 17:50 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | The Chasms | Alessia | ||
| May 7, 2022 | 14:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 45 | 300m east of the Calf of Man | Caroline & Phil Roriston and David | |||
| May 3, 2022 | 14:45 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Port Erin | ||||
| May 1, 2022 | 12:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Dalby | Richard Marks | |||
| April 29, 2022 | 17:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 15 | Eary Cushlin | Nicola |