Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
July 23, 2021 21:45 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Leaping 20

Jurby

Jacqueline
July 22, 2021 10:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 10

Port Soderick

Robin Bennett
July 22, 2021 18:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 30

South harbour, calf of man

Calf Warden
July 22, 2021 15:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 Blowing 5

4 miles south of Langness

Adrian Corkill
July 22, 2021 16:15 Bottlenose Dolphin 8 0 Bow riding 5

4 miles south of Langness

Adrian Corkill
July 22, 2021 19:30 Harbour Porpoise 20 0 Feeding or foraging 15

3 miles south of Langness

Adrian Corkill
July 22, 2021 13:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 1

Cow Harbour Calf of Man

Chris Burton Shona Boat trips
July 22, 2021 16:20 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 2

Gibdale bay Calf of Man

Chris Burton Shona Boat trips
July 22, 2021 12:30 Common Dolphin 70 30 Fast swim or porpoising 20

Maughold

Keith Lelliot
July 21, 2021 17:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 5

Gibdale Calf of Man

Calf Warden
July 21, 2021 19:40 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Not recorded 110

Peel-Whitestrand

Many
July 21, 2021 13:10 Harbour Porpoise 2 1 Normal swimming 5

South Harbour Calf of Man

Chris Burton Shona Boat trips
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

Recent basking shark sightings

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