Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 19, 2021 | 17:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 65 |
Peel Castle-Fenella beach |
Mark & Kris Johnston |
| March 15, 2021 | 17:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 100 | 0 | Normal swimming | 90 |
Cornaa-Clay head |
David Bellamy, Gez Sowrey and many more |
| March 15, 2021 | 15:00 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Bradda Head |
Zofia Kucha & Pawel Garczynski |
| March 15, 2021 | 12:50 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 240 |
Peel headlands-Jurby |
Sarah Flack, Tina Carter |
| March 9, 2021 | 15:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Port Erin bay |
Many |
| March 8, 2021 | 14:30 | Common Dolphin | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 225 |
Ramsey, South bay |
Many |
| March 7, 2021 | 12:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 90 |
Dog Mills-Ramsey |
Will Quayle, and others |
| March 7, 2021 | 16:51 | Harbour Porpoise | 12 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
The Ayres, Ballaghennie |
Robert Fisher |
| March 6, 2021 | 12:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 12 | 0 | Normal swimming | 45 |
Laxey Bay |
Robert Fisher & David Bellamy |
| March 6, 2021 | 12:45 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Laxey Bay |
David Bellamy & Robert Fisher |
| March 5, 2021 | 11:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 225 |
The Ayres-Jurby |
Rico Barenschee, Colin Gundry, Jen Kayleigh |
| March 5, 2021 | 11:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 30 |
Laxey Bay |
Robert Fisher |
| March 5, 2021 | 13:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 20 | 0 | Normal swimming | 150 |
Laxey Bay |
Robert Fisher, David Bellamy, Juan Lace |
| March 5, 2021 | 17:35 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 30 |
Laxey Bay |
Robert Fisher |
| March 4, 2021 | 13:05 | Risso’s Dolphin | 5 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
The Carrick, Port St Mary |
Neil |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2023 | 16:45 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 1 | Contrary Head | Paul Barlow | ||
| May 10, 2023 | 20:45 | 1 | Tight circling | 20 | Behind peel castle | Iva | |||
| May 9, 2023 | 12:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 15 miles East of Point of Ayre | Chris Hill | ||
| May 8, 2023 | 18:45 | 3 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 10 | White beach niarbyl | Matt Tyrer | ||
| May 8, 2023 | 20:20 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 10 | Peel breakwater | Will holden | ||
| May 7, 2023 | 12:00 | 1 | Swimming | 10 | Point of Ayre | Liz Charter | |||
| May 6, 2023 | 11:10 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | Port Erin bay | Kathleen | |||
| August 28, 2022 | 10:00 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 360 | Peel bay | Peter Bradley, Nia Clague and many others | |||
| August 25, 2022 | 11:00 | 0 | 1 | Tight circling | 300 | Niarbyl | Keira & Owen, Stewart Ward | ||
| August 24, 2022 | 08:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 240 | Peel Breakwater | John Hills, Max Crookall | |||
| August 21, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 120 | Port Erin | Debbie McGregor | |||
| August 20, 2022 | 11:00 | 1 | Parellel swimming | 10 | Peel Castle | Jonathan Reilly | |||
| August 15, 2022 | 18:35 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | Back of the Calf | Joshua and Jake, Paul, Tanya and others on Shona boat | |||
| August 14, 2022 | 13:50 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 120 | West of the Sound | MWDW | |||
| August 13, 2022 | 19:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Langness | Laura Elizabeth |