Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2021 | 18:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Peel breakwater |
MWDW |
| May 1, 2021 | 10:15 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 75 |
Bay Fine |
Jo Lewy |
| May 1, 2021 | 10:20 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 4 |
West side Calf Sound |
Shona Boat Trips |
| May 1, 2021 | 11:20 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 3 |
West side of Calf Sound |
Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips |
| May 1, 2021 | 11:40 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
The Puddle Calf of Man |
Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips |
| April 29, 2021 | 10:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Peel bay |
Mandy Hewew |
| April 24, 2021 | 15:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Bay Fine (Port Erin) |
Steve |
| April 24, 2021 | 20:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Ballaugh beach |
Liam O Malley |
| April 21, 2021 | 19:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Ramsey bay |
Mandy & Tom |
| April 20, 2021 | 13:55 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 240 |
Niarbyl-Peel |
MWDW, others, Mike Kelly |
| April 19, 2021 | 14:10 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Fleshwick |
Kirrie and Phil Jenkins |
| April 19, 2021 | 19:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 40 |
Peel Castle |
MWDW and others |
| April 17, 2021 | 16:45 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Marine drive |
Not recorded |
| April 17, 2021 | 09:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 40 |
Peel Breakwater |
The Hewes |
| April 16, 2021 | 14:30 | Minke Whale | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Eastern side Langness peninsula |
Erica Scott |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 7, 2022 | 18:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Marine drive | MWDW | |||
| June 6, 2022 | 16:40 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | 5m off Port Erin | Faye Devlin | |||
| June 3, 2022 | 11:05 | 1 | Swimming | 1 | Half a mile west of Spanish Head | Malcolm Stewart | |||
| June 2, 2022 | 15:20 | 1 | Swimming | 1 | Off Jurby head | Malcolm Stewart | |||
| May 29, 2022 | 12:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | East of the Sound | MWDW | |||
| May 26, 2022 | 13:40 | 1 | Swimming | 15 | Peel Castle | Eric Holmes, Oliver & Sarah Middleton | |||
| May 24, 2022 | 18:00 | 1 | Swimming | 30 | Port Erin bay | Elizabeth Lawton | |||
| May 14, 2022 | 17:50 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | The Chasms | Alessia | ||
| May 7, 2022 | 14:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 45 | 300m east of the Calf of Man | Caroline & Phil Roriston and David | |||
| May 3, 2022 | 14:45 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Port Erin | ||||
| May 1, 2022 | 12:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Dalby | Richard Marks | |||
| April 29, 2022 | 17:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 15 | Eary Cushlin | Nicola |