Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 25, 2020 | 12:50 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 20 | 10 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Mid Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| December 22, 2020 | 10:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 240 |
Peel bay |
Liz Innes, Ian & Sam the collie, Chris Garret, Daniel Dickinson |
| December 22, 2020 | 14:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 30 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Bulgham bay |
Peter Cowin |
| December 20, 2020 | 13:50 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 30 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Clay Head |
Pete Hadfield |
| November 29, 2020 | 11:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Castletown Bay |
Pete Quirk |
| November 29, 2020 | 16:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Point of Ayre Visitor Centre |
Steve Taggart, Jenny Gotrel |
| November 29, 2020 | 11:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 30 | 0 | Normal swimming | 50 |
Laxey bay |
Jo-ann Corr |
| November 29, 2020 | 15:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 12 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 10 |
Chicken Rock |
Stephen Marsh |
| November 27, 2020 | 11:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 8 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Peel headlands |
Neil westwood | |
| November 27, 2020 | 12:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 40 | 10 | Feeding or foraging | 120 |
Spread out between Laxey and Port St Mary |
James Corrin, Neil B, John Barker, Jemma Brady plus others |
| November 27, 2020 | 12:05 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 40 |
Marine drive toll gate |
Ian Wilcock |
| November 27, 2020 | 13:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 14 | 0 | Leaping | 60 |
Perwick, Port St Mary |
Martin Lambden |
| November 26, 2020 | 09:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 210 |
Peel bay close in |
Many |
| November 10, 2020 | 07:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Ramsey bay |
Lucy Wilson |
| November 5, 2020 | 15:20 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 25 | 5 | Normal swimming | 30 |
North of the Sound |
Rachel Jackson |
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 |