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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 27, 2022 | 13:00 | 1 | Tight circling | 10 | Gibdale Point | Peter Kay | |||
| July 18, 2022 | 19:37 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Nine and a half miles NW of Calf Sound | Nina Shimmin | |||
| July 16, 2022 | 18:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 80 | Port Erin | undeleeb din, Elasmomann | |||
| July 14, 2022 | 07:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | 3 miles off Contrary head | Max Crookall | |||
| July 12, 2022 | 03:00 | 2 | Swimming | 120 | Port Erin Bay | Charles Leclerc | |||
| July 11, 2022 | 10:40 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 7 | 1nm SE of South Harbour, Calf of Man | David Bellamy & Robert Fisher | ||
| July 10, 2022 | 21:20 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 6 | Three and a half miles NW of Calf Sound | Dermot Shimmin | |||
| July 5, 2022 | 09:00 | 1 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 120 | 1 km off White Strand & Gob-Y-Deigan | Ian Judd | ||
| July 5, 2022 | 15:45 | 1 | Swimming | 15 | Niarbyl Bay | Georgina Franks, Lauren Slater | |||
| July 5, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 180 | Peel breakwater | Colin Lawrenson, Alistair Sutherland and other | ||
| July 4, 2022 | 12:00 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 200 | Peel breakwater to the headlands | Andi young, Neil Westwood, The Mitchell family | |||
| July 3, 2022 | 14:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Glen Maye – Peel Hill | David R | |||
| July 3, 2022 | 15:55 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 150-200m off Peel Castle | Mike Davies | |||
| June 30, 2022 | 13:50 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 15 | Scarlett | Virginia Keig | ||
| June 30, 2022 | 16:24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Swimming | 2 | North coast of the Calf of Man | Tom Morgan and Gemma Scotts |