Recent cetacean sightings
Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
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July 11, 2022 | 11:30 | Minke Whale | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
3 miles south-west Chicken rock |
Four winns |
July 11, 2022 | 14:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 4 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 3 |
3 miles South of Spanish head |
Four winns |
July 10, 2022 | 21:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Leaping | 10 |
Behind Peel Castle |
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July 10, 2022 | 21:10 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
Six miles NW of Calf Sound |
Nina Shimmin |
July 10, 2022 | 21:00 | Minke Whale | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
2nm SE of South Harbour, Calf of Man |
David Bellamy & Robert Fisher |
July 10, 2022 | 19:15 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Gibdale Bay, Calf of Man |
David Bellamy & Robert Fisher |
July 10, 2022 | 07:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Ramsey bay |
Chris Swingler |
July 9, 2022 | 17:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 8 | 0 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Port St Mary |
Tom Veall |
July 9, 2022 | 17:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Headlands end of Peel Promenade |
John and Ruth Black |
July 9, 2022 | 19:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 15 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
1nm SE of South Harbour, Calf of Man |
David Bellamy & Robert Fisher |
July 8, 2022 | 17:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
10 miles south of Calf |
Helen Evans |
July 8, 2022 | 19:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 30 |
Peel Bay |
MWDW & Anon |
July 7, 2022 | 14:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Peel bay |
MWDW, from Peel breakwater kiosk |
July 6, 2022 | 09:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 720 |
All over Peel bay |
Most of Peel |
July 5, 2022 | 14:40 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 20 |
Laxey Bay |
Steve Gale |
Recent basking shark sightings
Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
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May 27, 2023 | 16:25 | 1 | Breaching | 1 | South of sound 4 miles | Fourwinns | |||
May 27, 2023 | 06:45 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 6 miles off Ballaugh | Max Crookall | ||
May 19, 2023 | 10:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Rue Point | Casey J Fishing Charter | ||
May 13, 2023 | 18:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Perwick bay | Jacky Hall | |||
May 11, 2023 | 16:45 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 1 | Contrary Head | Paul Barlow | ||
May 10, 2023 | 20:45 | 1 | Tight circling | 20 | Behind peel castle | Iva | |||
May 9, 2023 | 12:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 15 miles East of Point of Ayre | Chris Hill | ||
May 8, 2023 | 18:45 | 3 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 10 | White beach niarbyl | Matt Tyrer | ||
May 8, 2023 | 20:20 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 10 | Peel breakwater | Will holden | ||
May 7, 2023 | 12:00 | 1 | Swimming | 10 | Point of Ayre | Liz Charter | |||
May 6, 2023 | 11:10 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | Port Erin bay | Kathleen | |||
August 28, 2022 | 10:00 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 360 | Peel bay | Peter Bradley, Nia Clague and many others | |||
August 25, 2022 | 11:00 | 0 | 1 | Tight circling | 300 | Niarbyl | Keira & Owen, Stewart Ward | ||
August 24, 2022 | 08:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 240 | Peel Breakwater | John Hills, Max Crookall | |||
August 21, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 120 | Port Erin | Debbie McGregor |