Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2021 | 11:40 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 3 |
Bay Fine Port Erin |
Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips |
| May 14, 2021 | 13:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 4 |
Bay Fine Port Erin |
Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips |
| May 13, 2021 | 13:45 | Harbour Porpoise | 11 | 2 | Feeding or foraging | 120 |
Carrick Bay |
Neil Barron |
| May 13, 2021 | 08:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 10 | 0 | Normal swimming | 30 |
The puddle (Calf of Man) |
Mollie Kirk |
| May 13, 2021 | 17:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 3 |
Bay Fine Calf of Man |
Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips |
| May 12, 2021 | 08:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 600 |
Peel |
Many |
| May 7, 2021 | 20:45 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Off Cranstal |
Nigel Fairclough |
| May 7, 2021 | 13:20 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Peel bay and Peel hill |
MWDW |
| May 2, 2021 | 08:40 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Peel bay |
Joe Yapp, Lindsay Clark |
| May 2, 2021 | 11:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Gibdale point, Calf of Man |
Mollie Kirk |
| May 2, 2021 | 09:50 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
Bay Fine Port Erin |
Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips |
| May 2, 2021 | 11:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
Bay Fine Port Erin |
Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips |
| May 2, 2021 | 14:05 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 3 |
East side Calf sound Calf of Man |
Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips |
| May 2, 2021 | 16:15 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 3 |
Bay Fine Port Erin |
Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips |
| May 2, 2021 | 16:45 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 3 |
Bay Fine Port Erin |
Chris Burton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2023 | 18:45 | 3 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 10 | White beach niarbyl | Matt Tyrer | ||
| May 8, 2023 | 20:20 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 10 | Peel breakwater | Will holden | ||
| May 7, 2023 | 12:00 | 1 | Swimming | 10 | Point of Ayre | Liz Charter | |||
| May 6, 2023 | 11:10 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | Port Erin bay | Kathleen | |||
| August 28, 2022 | 10:00 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 360 | Peel bay | Peter Bradley, Nia Clague and many others | |||
| August 25, 2022 | 11:00 | 0 | 1 | Tight circling | 300 | Niarbyl | Keira & Owen, Stewart Ward | ||
| August 24, 2022 | 08:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 240 | Peel Breakwater | John Hills, Max Crookall | |||
| August 21, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 120 | Port Erin | Debbie McGregor | |||
| August 20, 2022 | 11:00 | 1 | Parellel swimming | 10 | Peel Castle | Jonathan Reilly | |||
| August 15, 2022 | 18:35 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | Back of the Calf | Joshua and Jake, Paul, Tanya and others on Shona boat | |||
| August 14, 2022 | 13:50 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 120 | West of the Sound | MWDW | |||
| August 13, 2022 | 19:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Langness | Laura Elizabeth | |||
| August 11, 2022 | 19:25 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Warts Bank, Calf of Man | Gemini | |||
| August 10, 2022 | 16:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Orrisdale head | Katie Robertson | |||
| August 10, 2022 | 19:40 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Port Erin-Sound | John Rimmer |