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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 27, 2022 | 12:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | 3 miles west of Peel | Max Crookall | |||
| June 23, 2022 | 16:45 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 1 | Half a mile north of Calf Sound | Malcolm Stewart | ||
| June 22, 2022 | 18:15 | 1 | 2 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Herring tower Langness | Richard and Janice Cooil | ||
| June 22, 2022 | 19:20 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 2 | 6km SW of Chicken Rock | David Bellamy & others | |||
| June 21, 2022 | 19:15 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Port Wallberry, Marine Drive | Manx Ornithological Society Marine Drive walk | ||
| June 21, 2022 | 17:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 25 | 350m off Glen Wyllin | Ian Young | |||
| June 18, 2022 | 11:00 | 1 | Swimming | 15 | Marine Drive | Craig Whalley | |||
| June 16, 2022 | 12:10 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Douglas head | Ian Wilcock | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 13:45 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Port Soderick | Jordan Palfreman | ||||
| June 15, 2022 | 15:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | West of Calf of Man | Quentin De Backer | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 15:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Port Erin bay | Not recorded | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 12:10 | 3 | Tight circling | 20 | 6 miles south Sugar loaf | Kirrie jenkins, Doug Patrick | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 11:05 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 35 | Douglas head | Ian Wilcock | |||
| June 14, 2022 | 21:30 | 2 | Suspected feeding | 35 | Marine drive Port Soderick end | Kevin Sharpe | |||
| June 13, 2022 | 19:55 | 1 | Tight circling | 15 | Fort Island | David Bellamy & Robert Fisher |