Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 20, 2021 | 15:50 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 250 |
Fenella-Peel headlands |
Many |
| July 19, 2021 | 18:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 30 |
Lower Lighthouse, Calf of Man |
CALF WARDEN |
| July 19, 2021 | 15:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 4 | 2 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Point of Ayre |
Robin Bennett |
| July 19, 2021 | 19:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Douglas Head |
Robin Bennett |
| July 19, 2021 | 14:20 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 60 |
Sartfield |
Laurence |
| July 19, 2021 | 15:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Bay Fine Port Erin |
Chris Burton Shona Boat trips |
| July 19, 2021 | 17:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
West of the Sound |
Chris Burton Shona Boat trips |
| July 18, 2021 | 15:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 5 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Fort Island |
Mike Radcliffe |
| July 18, 2021 | 09:50 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Port Lewaigue |
Unknown |
| July 18, 2021 | 14:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 2 | 1 | Fast swim or porpoising | 5 |
East Side Calf Sound |
Chris Burton Shona Boat trips |
| July 17, 2021 | 06:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 960 |
Douglas bay-Point of Ayre |
Paul Turton, Jon Russell-Dunn, and others |
| July 17, 2021 | 11:40 | Risso’s Dolphin | 6 | 0 | Normal swimming | 20 |
Scarlett |
Sue Harvey, Richard & Sheila Norris |
| July 17, 2021 | 15:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 20 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
3.5 nm south of Langness |
Adrian Corkill |
| July 17, 2021 | 18:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 30 |
East of Calf of Man |
|
| July 17, 2021 | 12:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Ramsey |
Karen Wormwell |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| August 20, 2022 | 11:00 | 1 | Parellel swimming | 10 | Peel Castle | Jonathan Reilly | |||
| August 15, 2022 | 18:35 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | Back of the Calf | Joshua and Jake, Paul, Tanya and others on Shona boat | |||
| August 14, 2022 | 13:50 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 120 | West of the Sound | MWDW | |||
| August 13, 2022 | 19:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Langness | Laura Elizabeth | |||
| August 11, 2022 | 19:25 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Warts Bank, Calf of Man | Gemini | |||
| August 10, 2022 | 16:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Orrisdale head | Katie Robertson | |||
| August 10, 2022 | 19:40 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Port Erin-Sound | John Rimmer |