Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 18, 2021 | 15:40 | Harbour Porpoise | 4 | 2 | Feeding or foraging | 3 |
Castletown bay |
Nina Shimmin |
| September 18, 2021 | 15:50 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Castletown bay |
Nina Shimmin |
| September 18, 2021 | 16:10 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 2 | Normal swimming | 3 |
Off Scarlett |
Nina Shimmin |
| September 18, 2021 | 15:05 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Bay Fine, Calf of Man |
Sue Harvey & Lauren Stokes |
| September 18, 2021 | 14:20 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
Peel bay |
Gez Sowrey |
| September 18, 2021 | 10:45 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
marine drive toll gate |
Karen Wormwell |
| September 16, 2021 | 09:50 | Minke Whale | 3 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 385 |
Marine Drive between Douglas head and Port Soderick |
Many |
| September 15, 2021 | 15:55 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Fort Island (Langness) |
Sue Whittaker |
| September 15, 2021 | 11:00 | Minke Whale | 2 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 150 |
Port Soderick |
Many |
| September 14, 2021 | 10:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Bay Fine, Calf of Man |
Sue Harvey, Lauren Stokes |
| September 14, 2021 | 09:12 | Risso’s Dolphin | 10 | Not recorded | 5 |
West of the Sound |
David Kelly | |
| September 13, 2021 | 17:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Leaping | 15 |
Ramsey bay |
Connor Murray |
| September 12, 2021 | 13:40 | Risso’s Dolphin | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Fort Island |
Liz Charter |
| September 12, 2021 | 15:40 | Harbour Porpoise | 4 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Carrick Bay, Port St Mary |
Jan G |
| September 12, 2021 | 15:50 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Peel breakwater |
MWDW |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 14, 2022 | 07:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | 3 miles off Contrary head | Max Crookall | |||
| 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 |