Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
June 27, 2021 16:45 Harbour Porpoise 5 2 Feeding or foraging 5

East of Calf Sound

Dermot Shimmin
June 27, 2021 12:30 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 2

East side Calf Sound near Cletts

shona Boat Trips
June 26, 2021 12:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 5

Peel bay with the Viking Longboats

MWDW
June 22, 2021 21:15 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Seen from the Upper Lighthouse, Calf of Man

Robert Fisher
June 22, 2021 20:10 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 5

South of Point of Ayre

Neil
June 20, 2021 15:20 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Normal swimming 5

West of the Sound

MWDW
June 19, 2021 09:45 Risso’s Dolphin 5 5 Leaping 10

Kallow Point, Port St Mary

Andrea
June 19, 2021 12:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Feeding or foraging 10

Peel bay

Lou, Christy deHaven
June 19, 2021 15:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 1 Feeding or foraging 10

Pigeon stream, Marine drive

Brian Liggins
June 18, 2021 17:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Feeding or foraging 90

Ramsey to Cranstal to Point of Ayre

Andy McKinla , Greg Watson and Brian Knight
June 16, 2021 13:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 10

Port St Mary ledges

Nat Lavery
June 15, 2021 16:15 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 1

Kione Beg, Calf of Man

Christa Worth
June 13, 2021 12:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 6 0 Normal swimming 15

Ramsey Bay

Christopher Brown and others
June 12, 2021 20:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Fast swim or porpoising 15

Ayres Visitor Center

GoGreen.im
June 12, 2021 09:45 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 4

Cow Harbour Calf of Man

Shona Boat Trips

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
June 7, 2022 18:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Marine drive MWDW
June 6, 2022 16:40 1 Swimming 5 5m off Port Erin Faye Devlin
June 3, 2022 11:05 1 Swimming 1 Half a mile west of Spanish Head Malcolm Stewart
June 2, 2022 15:20 1 Swimming 1 Off Jurby head Malcolm Stewart
May 29, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 East of the Sound MWDW
May 26, 2022 13:40 1 Swimming 15 Peel Castle Eric Holmes, Oliver & Sarah Middleton
May 24, 2022 18:00 1 Swimming 30 Port Erin bay Elizabeth Lawton
May 14, 2022 17:50 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 The Chasms Alessia
May 7, 2022 14:00 1 Suspected feeding 45 300m east of the Calf of Man Caroline & Phil Roriston and David
May 3, 2022 14:45 1 Suspected feeding 10 Port Erin
May 1, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Dalby Richard Marks
April 29, 2022 17:00 1 Suspected feeding 15 Eary Cushlin Nicola