Date Time Duration (Mins) Species Location Adults Juveniles Behaviour 1 Observer Name
January 7, 2026 16:00 20 Bottlenose dolphin

3km off Laxey

8 0 Fast swim or porpoising Shane Stigant
January 5, 2026 11:00 50 Bottlenose dolphin

Laxey bay

16 4 Normal swimming Shane Stigant
January 5, 2026 15:00 10 Bottlenose dolphin

1 km off Laxey headland

10 0 Fast swim or porpoising Shane Stigant
January 4, 2026 11:30 10 Bottlenose dolphin

Groudle Head

4 0 Not recorded Sandra Lees
December 31, 2025 13:00 10 Moonlight and Starlight

Off the east coast of Langness travelling towards Douglas

2 Normal swimming Amy
December 31, 2025 08:30 20 Bottlenose dolphin

2km east of Laxey harbour

12 3 Bow riding Steve Taggart
December 31, 2025 13:00 15 Unidentified large cetacean

Langness Herring tower

1 0 Feeding or foraging Kat Boylan
December 26, 2025 09:30 15 Bottlenose dolphin

Laxey bay

15 0 Fast swim or porpoising Shane Stigant
December 24, 2025 14:30 2 Bottlenose dolphin

10 miles east of Douglas from Ben-my-Chree

4 0 Boat interaction (not riding bow) Berber
December 16, 2025 08:30 60 Bottlenose dolphin

Mid Laxey bay, 2 to 3 km from shore.

30 10 Feeding or foraging Shane Stigant
December 16, 2025 09:30 5 Harbour porpoise

1.5 km from Laxey beach

2 1 Normal swimming Shane Stigant
December 15, 2025 10:25 180 Bottlenose dolphin

2 km off Laxey

30 10 Normal swimming Shane Stigant
December 15, 2025 12:30 90 Minke whale

Laxey bay, 2km from shore

0 1 Feeding or foraging Shane Stigant
December 15, 2025 15:30 5 Fin whale

Just offshore, East of Spanish Head

1 0 Normal swimming Martin Lambden
December 14, 2025 09:00 5 Moonlight and Starlight

Peel breakwater

2 0 Normal swimming Helen Cave
December 12, 2025 09:50 1 Minke whale

2km East of Laxey beach

1 Feeding or foraging Shane Stigant
December 12, 2025 10:15 10 Bottlenose dolphin

1 km off Laxey beach

12 3 Fast swim or porpoising Shane Stigant
December 2, 2025 12:00 10 Bottlenose dolphin

2 km East of Laxey harbour.

12 0 Fast swim or porpoising Shane Stigant
December 1, 2025 12:30 10 Bottlenose dolphin

The Targets fishing ground

40 10 Boat interaction (not riding bow) Not recorded
November 30, 2025 11:40 80 Bottlenose dolphin

2km off Laxey beach

20 5 Feeding or foraging Shane Stigant