Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 29, 2020 | 10:55 | Minke Whale | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 95 |
Marine drive toll gate |
MWDW and others | |
| September 29, 2020 | 09:50 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Port St Mary |
Vannin Veg |
| September 29, 2020 | 16:50 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
End of airport runway, Turkeylands |
Vannin Veg |
| September 28, 2020 | 15:10 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Fenella beach |
Dave Corkish |
| September 27, 2020 | 09:20 | Risso’s Dolphin | 3 | 1 | Normal swimming | 30 |
Kallow point, Port St Mary |
GrahamHall, Gemini boat trips |
| September 27, 2020 | 10:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 300 |
Peel breakwater |
MWDW, Michael George |
| September 27, 2020 | 16:50 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Perwick bay, Port St Mary |
Phill M. |
| September 23, 2020 | 12:30 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 15 |
1 mile off Port Grenaugh |
Darren Watterson |
| September 22, 2020 | 10:00 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Inshore Douglas head |
Many |
| September 21, 2020 | 12:45 | Common Dolphin | 20 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
West of the Sound |
Neil |
| September 21, 2020 | 11:10 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 270 |
Close in Marine drive and Douglas head |
MWDW and others |
| September 21, 2020 | 11:10 | Minke Whale | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Marine drive Arches- far offshore |
MWDW |
| September 20, 2020 | 12:30 | Minke Whale | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Douglas bay |
MWDW and others |
| September 20, 2020 | 12:30 | Unidentified Large Cetacean | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 180 |
Offshore from Marine drive, near wind farm. Seen blowing |
MWDW |
| September 20, 2020 | 15:30 | Minke Whale | 0 | 1 | Normal swimming | 30 |
Very close inshore Marine drive-Douglas head |
MWDW |
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 |