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