Recent cetacean sightings
Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
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November 3, 2024 | 08:30 | Bottlenose dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Laxey Bay |
Shane Stigant |
November 3, 2024 | 16:30 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
The Stack, Calf of Man |
Calf Wardens |
November 3, 2024 | 09:15 | Harbour porpoise | 5 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
South Harbour, Calf of Man |
Calf Wardens |
November 2, 2024 | 10:00 | Common dolphin | 75 | 25 | Fast swim or porpoising | 50 |
5-6 miles North of Peel |
Ian Young |
November 1, 2024 | 10:00 | Common dolphin | 20 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 20 |
5 miles North of Peel |
Ian Young |
October 29, 2024 | 16:00 | Harbour porpoise | 2 | 0 | Not recorded | 20 |
Laxey Bay |
Shane Stigant |
October 29, 2024 | 16:00 | Bottlenose dolphin | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 25 |
Laxey Bay |
Shane Stigant |
October 29, 2024 | 16:40 | Bottlenose dolphin | 4 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 10 |
East of Clay Head |
Shane Stigant |
October 28, 2024 | 11:30 | Harbour porpoise | 4 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
Grand Island, Ramsey |
Andy McKinlay |
October 28, 2024 | 14:30 | Unidentified large cetacean | 1 | 0 | Leaping | 3 |
South of Port Mooar |
Anna Kerruish |
October 28, 2024 | 15:15 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
Point of Ayre |
Gayle Johnson |
October 28, 2024 | 09:30 | Harbour porpoise | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
South Harbour, Calf of Man |
Calf Warden |
October 27, 2024 | 16:50 | Common dolphin | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Kione ny Halby, Calf of Man |
Calf Warden |
October 24, 2024 | 07:10 | Harbour porpoise | 6 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 50 |
Chicken Rock, Calf of Man |
Calf Warden |
October 24, 2024 | 15:00 | Harbour porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
South Harbour, Calf of Man |
Calf Warden |
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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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 | |||
June 21, 2022 | 19:15 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Port Wallberry, Marine Drive | Manx Ornithological Society Marine Drive walk | ||
June 21, 2022 | 17:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 25 | 350m off Glen Wyllin | Ian Young | |||
June 18, 2022 | 11:00 | 1 | Swimming | 15 | Marine Drive | Craig Whalley | |||
June 16, 2022 | 12:10 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Douglas head | Ian Wilcock | |||
June 15, 2022 | 13:45 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Port Soderick | Jordan Palfreman |