Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 5, 2020 | 11:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 30 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Laxey to Maughold |
Grania Thornton, Swasti Behari |
| November 5, 2020 | 10:30 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Glen Mooar |
Val Roscoe |
| November 3, 2020 | 11:10 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 20 | 5 | Fast swim or porpoising | 30 |
Groudle head to Onchan |
Richard Cooil and others |
| November 1, 2020 | 16:10 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Peel bay |
Chris |
| October 24, 2020 | 12:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 2 | 2 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| October 19, 2020 | 10:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 7 | 2 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Bay Fine |
Breeshey Harkin, Di Swayne and others |
| October 18, 2020 | 15:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Dogmills to Ramsey bay |
Louise, Janette Gledhill and others |
| October 18, 2020 | 11:50 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 28 | 2 | Normal swimming | 300 |
Niarbyl to Bay Fine via Port Erin bay |
Too many to mention |
| October 17, 2020 | 11:35 | Risso’s Dolphin | 1 | 0 | Leaping | 5 |
The Lhen |
Allen S. Moore |
| October 17, 2020 | 14:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 4 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Approximately 0.5 to 1 km east of the Sugarloaf cave |
Janette Gledhill | |
| October 11, 2020 | 17:30 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Half a mile NE of Laxey headland |
Shane Stigant |
| October 8, 2020 | 11:40 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Ramsey bay |
Dave Corkish |
| October 7, 2020 | 16:50 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Onchan Head |
Peter Coxhead |
| October 1, 2020 | 18:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 70 | 10 | Fast swim or porpoising | 60 |
Laxey bay to Maughold head |
Shane Stigant, Mark Murley |
| September 29, 2020 | 11:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 20 | 0 | Normal swimming | 60 |
Marine drive toll gate |
MWDW and others |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 12, 2022 | 10:40 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 120 | Peel headlands-breakwater | John Baker, Alastair Sutherland, Jon Corlett, Elli Gawne, Julie Howarth | |||
| June 11, 2022 | 15:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 160 | Gansey bay | Tim, Richard Corlett | |||
| June 9, 2022 | 10:57 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Jurby | Lizzie Coote | |||
| June 7, 2022 | 18:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Marine drive | MWDW | |||
| June 6, 2022 | 16:40 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | 5m off Port Erin | Faye Devlin | |||
| June 3, 2022 | 11:05 | 1 | Swimming | 1 | Half a mile west of Spanish Head | Malcolm Stewart | |||
| June 2, 2022 | 15:20 | 1 | Swimming | 1 | Off Jurby head | Malcolm Stewart | |||
| May 29, 2022 | 12:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | East of the Sound | MWDW | |||
| May 26, 2022 | 13:40 | 1 | Swimming | 15 | Peel Castle | Eric Holmes, Oliver & Sarah Middleton | |||
| May 24, 2022 | 18:00 | 1 | Swimming | 30 | Port Erin bay | Elizabeth Lawton | |||
| May 14, 2022 | 17:50 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | The Chasms | Alessia | ||
| May 7, 2022 | 14:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 45 | 300m east of the Calf of Man | Caroline & Phil Roriston and David | |||
| May 3, 2022 | 14:45 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Port Erin | ||||
| May 1, 2022 | 12:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Dalby | Richard Marks | |||
| April 29, 2022 | 17:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 15 | Eary Cushlin | Nicola |