Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 7, 2021 | 14:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 90 |
Peel-Whitestrand beach |
David Bellamy, Maria Crellin |
| August 5, 2021 | 20:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Peel old swimming pool |
Sara Ismail-Sutton |
| August 2, 2021 | 20:45 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
West of Port Erin |
Nina Shimmin |
| August 1, 2021 | 14:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 30 |
Ayres Nature Reserve |
Diane Crossley |
| August 1, 2021 | 17:00 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
Point of Ayre |
Kathy |
| August 1, 2021 | 13:50 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
South Harbour SC162646 |
Calf Assistant Warden |
| July 31, 2021 | 12:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
South Harbour, Calf of Man |
Sam |
| July 31, 2021 | 18:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Peel bay |
Ruth Black and Sarah Lowe |
| July 30, 2021 | 12:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Leaping | 10 |
Off Ballaugh beach |
Andy Payne |
| July 29, 2021 | 13:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Peel bay |
Mike Kelly |
| July 28, 2021 | 16:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 45 |
Peel bay, northern end |
Ciaran Quigley and others |
| July 26, 2021 | 17:20 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 260 |
Peel-Glen Wyllin |
John Hurt, Karen Bartley, Tracey, Adrian, Evie Sunderland |
| July 25, 2021 | 15:24 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 1 |
West of Chicken Rock |
Nina Shimmin |
| July 25, 2021 | 16:04 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
NW of Calf Sound |
Nina Shimmin |
| July 25, 2021 | 16:10 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
N of Calf Sound |
Nina Shimmin |
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 |