Date Time Duration (Mins) Species Location Adults Juveniles Behaviour 1 Observer Name
February 4, 2026 11:20 3 Moonlight and Starlight

Douglas bay

2 0 Normal swimming Siobhan Merryweather
February 2, 2026 09:00 15 Moonlight and Starlight

Peel bay

2 0 Normal swimming Angela Gonzales
February 1, 2026 12:45 5 Harbour porpoise

Laxey bay

1 0 Feeding or foraging Shane Stigant
January 19, 2026 11:30 30 Bottlenose dolphin

Port Erin

2 0 Fast swim or porpoising Dawse
January 16, 2026 13:40 30 Moonlight and Starlight

Peel – end of breakwater.

2 0 Normal swimming Steve Wright
January 15, 2026 14:30 50 Bottlenose dolphin

3 to 4 km off Laxey

10 10 Fast swim or porpoising Shane Stigant
January 12, 2026 10:00 10 Moonlight and Starlight

Peel bay, tennis court end

2 0 Feeding or foraging Billy and Jakob
January 9, 2026 11:05 50 Bottlenose dolphin

Laxey bay

22 3 Feeding or foraging Shane Stigant
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