Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 23, 2023 | 10:20 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
1km SE of Port St Mary |
Robert Fisher |
| February 21, 2023 | 12:05 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 40 |
Port Erin Bay |
Steffan |
| February 20, 2023 | 12:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
100 offshore of Cronk Y Bing MWT Nature Reserve |
Rachel Smith |
| February 19, 2023 | 09:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 40 | 0 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Marine drive |
Louisa Nodwell |
| February 18, 2023 | 11:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Douglas bay |
Vincent Sider |
| February 17, 2023 | 07:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 20 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Douglas lighthouse |
Not recorded |
| February 13, 2023 | 15:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 30 |
Port Erin Bay |
The Norris family |
| February 12, 2023 | 15:20 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Peel Castle |
Kelly Nickson |
| February 9, 2023 | 11:30 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 1 |
Port Erin bay |
Jo Kinley |
| February 7, 2023 | 14:55 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Peel bay |
Dave C |
| February 6, 2023 | 17:10 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Peel bay |
|
| February 4, 2023 | 11:30 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Ramsey bay |
Many |
| February 3, 2023 | 10:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 0 | 6 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Maughold head |
Shane Stigant |
| February 1, 2023 | 08:50 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
Douglas bay |
Mo Parker-Child, Pauline Tait, Sarah Bullski and others |
| February 1, 2023 | 09:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 0 | 10 | Leaping | 30 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
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 |