Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
May 3, 2023 16:00 Harbour porpoise 3 0 Not recorded 5

From Upper Lighthouse, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
May 2, 2023 19:30 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Not recorded 5

Bradda head

Shona boat trips
May 2, 2023 19:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 1 Not recorded 5

Big Head, Calf of Man

Shona boat trips
May 2, 2023 16:15 Harbour porpoise 1 0 Not recorded 5

Cow Harbour, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
May 2, 2023 16:30 Harbour porpoise 5 5 Not recorded 5

Cow Harbour, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
May 2, 2023 17:30 Harbour porpoise 1 0 Not recorded 5

Gibdale, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
May 2, 2023 17:45 Harbour porpoise 3 0 Not recorded 5

Gibdale, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
May 1, 2023 16:20 Harbour porpoise 1 0 Not recorded 5

East coast of Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
April 30, 2023 11:35 Moonlight and Starlight 1 1 Normal swimming 5

Far end of Peel promenade

Adrian Bentley
April 29, 2023 13:20 Moonlight and Starlight 1 1 Normal swimming 200

Glen Wyllin to Peel

Matthew Gregg and Lin Fishman
April 29, 2023 16:00 Common dolphin 5 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Cow Harbour, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
April 29, 2023 18:00 Harbour porpoise 1 0 Not recorded 5

The Sound

Calf Wardens
April 28, 2023 09:30 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 5

1/2 mile west of the Ayres

Richard Wild
April 28, 2023 14:30 Harbour porpoise 3 0 Not recorded 5

Gibdale, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
April 28, 2023 15:15 Harbour porpoise 1 0 Not recorded 5

Gibdale, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens

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