Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 12, 2021 | 18:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Cow harbour Calf of Man |
Shona Boat Trips |
| June 11, 2021 | 10:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 420 |
Peel Bay |
Roy Cripps, Ginni Keig and others |
| June 8, 2021 | 12:25 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Peel bay |
Malcolm and Bernie |
| June 8, 2021 | 18:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Peel breakwater |
Too many to mention |
| June 7, 2021 | 10:30 | Minke Whale | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
1.5. – 2 miles off contrary head |
Jane Young |
| June 7, 2021 | 11:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
500 metres SE of Douglas Lighthouse |
Jamie Gelling |
| June 6, 2021 | 14:45 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 1 | Normal swimming | 30 |
Calf of Man |
Robert Fisher |
| June 6, 2021 | 15:30 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
1 mile west of the Calf. |
Robert Fisher |
| June 6, 2021 | 14:10 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Chicken rock |
Christiana Cannell |
| June 6, 2021 | 11:10 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Leaping | 10 |
Ballaugh beach |
Marie Crabtree |
| June 5, 2021 | 17:20 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Point of Ayre |
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| June 1, 2021 | 18:40 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 3 |
Bay Fine Port Erin |
Shona Boat Trips |
| May 31, 2021 | 19:40 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Bow riding | 10 |
Peel castle |
Matt and Amy |
| May 29, 2021 | 13:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
Back of Langness |
Nina Shimmin |
| May 29, 2021 | 17:08 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 1 |
Carrick Bay |
Nina Shimmin |
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 |