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