Recent cetacean sightings
Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
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July 17, 2021 | 12:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Ramsey |
Karen Wormwell |
July 17, 2021 | 12:10 | Risso’s Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 3 |
Cow Harbour Calf of Man |
Chris Burton Shona Boat trips |
July 17, 2021 | 11:35 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
Bay Fine Port Erin |
Chris Burton Shona Boat trips |
July 17, 2021 | 13:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 5 | 1 | Fast swim or porpoising | 300 |
West side Calf Sound |
Chris Burton Shona Boat trips |
July 17, 2021 | 15:40 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Off the Point of Ayre |
Louise Samson |
July 16, 2021 | 11:50 | Risso’s Dolphin | 5 | 0 | Logging on surface | 50 |
Chicken Rock |
Kirrie and Phil Jenkins |
July 16, 2021 | 12:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 12 | 0 | Logging on surface | 180 |
Niarbyl-Bradda head |
Phil Kirrie Jenkins, MWDW |
July 16, 2021 | 12:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 5 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
(Gemini) off Port St Mary |
Robin Bennett |
July 16, 2021 | 14:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
Cow Harbour Calf of Man |
Chris Burton Shona Boat trips |
July 16, 2021 | 18:20 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
Bay Fine Port Erin |
Chris Burton Shona Boat trips |
July 15, 2021 | 14:10 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Leaping | 30 |
Peel bay |
Theresa Hayes, Charlotte Greenbank |
July 15, 2021 | 16:20 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
Cow Harbour, Calf of Man |
Chris Burton Shona Boat trips |
July 14, 2021 | 13:10 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Peel bay |
Sue, Carol. Bill |
July 14, 2021 | 16:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
East side Calf Sound |
Chris Burton Shona Boat trips |
July 13, 2021 | 17:05 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Peel bay |
Carol & Sue |
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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August 9, 2022 | 17:25 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 3 | Between Jurby and the Cronk | Andrea & Robert | |||
August 9, 2022 | 18:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Off Orrisdale Head | Andrea & Robert | ||
August 7, 2022 | 16:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Ballaghennie, Point of Ayre | Combine | |||
August 4, 2022 | 11:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Bay stacka, west of Sugarloaf | Stephen Cowley | ||
August 4, 2022 | 16:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Between Port Erin and the Sound | Phil M | ||
August 4, 2022 | 21:25 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Port Erin Bay | Andy Karran | ||
August 4, 2022 | 17:05 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | West of the Calf | Stanley Conlon | |||
August 3, 2022 | 15:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Edge of Peel bay | Chris Duff | |||
August 3, 2022 | 20:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Port Erin | Dan James | |||
August 3, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Niarbyl | Rosa | |||
July 29, 2022 | 09:30 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | 3 miles East of Calf of Man | STV Leader | |||
July 28, 2022 | 20:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 1 mile off Peel | Casey J | ||
July 27, 2022 | 13:00 | 1 | Tight circling | 10 | Gibdale Point | Peter Kay | |||
July 18, 2022 | 19:37 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Nine and a half miles NW of Calf Sound | Nina Shimmin | |||
July 16, 2022 | 18:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 80 | Port Erin | undeleeb din, Elasmomann |