Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
July 6, 2021 12:20 Risso’s Dolphin 27 4 Feeding or foraging 90

Chicken Rock

Fourwinns
July 6, 2021 12:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 5 0 Boat interaction (not riding bow) 5

West of the Sound

Neil Bryden
July 5, 2021 10:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 1

East of the Calf

Chris Burton Shona Boat trips
July 5, 2021 14:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 2

Cow Harbour Calf of Man

Chris Burton Shona Boat trips
July 5, 2021 16:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Feeding or foraging 15

Peel bay

Paul Quayle
July 4, 2021 14:20 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 300

Behind Peel castle

Sammi, Amy, Sam, Peter and Tim
July 4, 2021 15:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 2

South Harbour Calf of Man

Chris Burton Shona Boat trips
July 3, 2021 15:10 Risso’s Dolphin 4 0 Feeding or foraging 5

SW of Kallow point, Port St Mary

Carol Woodall & Sue Whittaker
July 3, 2021 15:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 30

Kirk Michael

Jenson
July 3, 2021 13:00 Risso’s Dolphin 8 0 Normal swimming 30

Chicken Rock

Chris Burton Shona Boat trips
July 3, 2021 16:30 Harbour Porpoise 2 Normal swimming 3

Cow Harbour, Calf of Man

Chris Burton Shona Boat trips
July 2, 2021 11:00 Risso’s Dolphin 2 0 Normal swimming 15

Bay Fine Port Erin

shona Boat Trips
July 2, 2021 11:30 Risso’s Dolphin 2 0 Normal swimming 10

Off Cow harbour Calf of Man

Shona Boat Trips
July 2, 2021 15:05 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 35

Peel bay

Sue Whittaker, Carol and Bill and The Jepsons
July 2, 2021 20:20 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 5

West of Sound car park

Carol Woodall & Sue Whittaker

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
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