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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 22, 2022 | 19:20 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 2 | 6km SW of Chicken Rock | David Bellamy & others | |||
| June 21, 2022 | 19:15 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Port Wallberry, Marine Drive | Manx Ornithological Society Marine Drive walk | ||
| June 21, 2022 | 17:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 25 | 350m off Glen Wyllin | Ian Young | |||
| June 18, 2022 | 11:00 | 1 | Swimming | 15 | Marine Drive | Craig Whalley | |||
| June 16, 2022 | 12:10 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Douglas head | Ian Wilcock | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 13:45 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Port Soderick | Jordan Palfreman | ||||
| June 15, 2022 | 15:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | West of Calf of Man | Quentin De Backer | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 15:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Port Erin bay | Not recorded | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 12:10 | 3 | Tight circling | 20 | 6 miles south Sugar loaf | Kirrie jenkins, Doug Patrick | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 11:05 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 35 | Douglas head | Ian Wilcock | |||
| June 14, 2022 | 21:30 | 2 | Suspected feeding | 35 | Marine drive Port Soderick end | Kevin Sharpe | |||
| June 13, 2022 | 19:55 | 1 | Tight circling | 15 | Fort Island | David Bellamy & Robert Fisher | |||
| June 12, 2022 | 10:40 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 120 | Peel headlands-breakwater | John Baker, Alastair Sutherland, Jon Corlett, Elli Gawne, Julie Howarth | |||
| June 11, 2022 | 15:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 160 | Gansey bay | Tim, Richard Corlett | |||
| June 9, 2022 | 10:57 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Jurby | Lizzie Coote |