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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |