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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 11, 2022 | 19:25 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Warts Bank, Calf of Man | Gemini | |||
| August 10, 2022 | 16:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Orrisdale head | Katie Robertson | |||
| August 10, 2022 | 19:40 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Port Erin-Sound | John Rimmer | |||
| August 9, 2022 | 17:25 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 3 | Between Jurby and the Cronk | Andrea & Robert | |||
| August 9, 2022 | 18:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Off Orrisdale Head | Andrea & Robert | ||
| August 7, 2022 | 16:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Ballaghennie, Point of Ayre | Combine | |||
| August 4, 2022 | 11:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Bay stacka, west of Sugarloaf | Stephen Cowley | ||
| August 4, 2022 | 16:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Between Port Erin and the Sound | Phil M | ||
| August 4, 2022 | 21:25 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Port Erin Bay | Andy Karran | ||
| August 4, 2022 | 17:05 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | West of the Calf | Stanley Conlon | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 15:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Edge of Peel bay | Chris Duff | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 20:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Port Erin | Dan James | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Niarbyl | Rosa | |||
| July 29, 2022 | 09:30 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | 3 miles East of Calf of Man | STV Leader | |||
| July 28, 2022 | 20:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 1 mile off Peel | Casey J |