Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 10, 2021 | 06:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Gibdale, Calf of Man |
Mollie Kirk |
| July 10, 2021 | 08:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 2 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Kione Ny Halby, East of the Calf |
Mollie Kirk |
| July 10, 2021 | 15:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
S of Sound car park |
Carol Woodall & Sue Whittaker |
| July 10, 2021 | 16:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 20 |
S of Sound car park |
Sue & Carol |
| July 10, 2021 | 15:20 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
W of Sound car park |
Bill & Sue Whittaker |
| July 10, 2021 | 18:15 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 25 |
W of Sound car park |
Sue & Carol |
| July 10, 2021 | 11:00 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Blowing | 2 |
1 mile SE Calf of Man |
Adrian Corkill |
| July 10, 2021 | 12:30 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
3 mile SE of the Calf of Man |
Adrian Corkill |
| July 10, 2021 | 13:15 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Blowing | 1 |
4 miles S of Langness |
Adrian Corkill |
| July 9, 2021 | 17:50 | Unidentified Small Cetacean | 3 | 0 | Leaping | 2 |
West of Sound car park |
Carol Woodall |
| July 9, 2021 | 09:50 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 265 |
Peel bay |
Many |
| July 9, 2021 | 19:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 5 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Chicken rock |
Chris Burton shona boat trips |
| July 9, 2021 | 16:05 | Other | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
Sei whale- 5 miles SW of the Calf |
Derek Lumb |
| July 9, 2021 | 16:05 | Minke whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
5 miles SW of the Calf |
Derek Lumb |
| July 8, 2021 | 10:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 27 | 3 | Feeding or foraging | 35 |
Douglas head- pod split and travelled to Onchan and Port Soderick |
Natalie Lavery, Gareth Watson |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| 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 |