Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 7, 2021 | 17:05 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Bow riding | 15 |
Niarbyl |
Adam |
| April 4, 2021 | 08:00 | Common Dolphin | 18 | 2 | Bow riding | 75 |
2 miles off Chicken Rock |
Darren Watterson and others |
| April 4, 2021 | 15:10 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Blowing | 15 |
Peel bay |
Mandy Hewes |
| April 3, 2021 | 13:20 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 475 |
Point of Ayre-Jurby-Devils Elbow-Peel |
Phill Evans, Nick Pinder, Tim Roberts and daughter |
| April 3, 2021 | 09:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 20 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Onchan |
Paul Ryan |
| April 3, 2021 | 12:30 | Unidentified Small Cetacean | 2 | 0 | Leaping | 10 |
Laxey Bay |
Darran |
| March 31, 2021 | 17:20 | Unidentified Small Cetacean | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Langness |
Ellie |
| March 31, 2021 | 17:45 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 80 |
Laxey Bay |
Robert Fisher & David Bellamy |
| March 31, 2021 | 19:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Mid Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| March 30, 2021 | 13:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 45 |
Laxey Bay |
David Bellamy & Robert Fisher |
| March 30, 2021 | 19:45 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Laxey Bay |
Robert Fisher & David Bellamy |
| March 29, 2021 | 17:10 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Garwick Bay |
Robert Fisher |
| March 22, 2021 | 08:25 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Laxey Bay Marine Nature Reserve |
Robert Fisher & David Bellamy |
| March 19, 2021 | 12:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 5 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 120 |
Marine drive, Toll gate |
Anna-Marie Frisby, James Joyce, and others |
| March 19, 2021 | 07:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Ramsey Bay |
D Jones |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| 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 |