Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
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
September 20, 2020 16:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Feeding or foraging 60

Ramsey North beach

Charles Shimmin, Ralph Mooney, Gemma Herth
September 19, 2020 13:30 Minke Whale 2 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Douglas head

Andy Mars
September 18, 2020 10:00 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 10

Marine Drive

Helen Skillicorn
September 18, 2020 15:25 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Turkeylands

Neil
September 17, 2020 18:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Leaping 60

Peel bay

Sara Johnson, plus others
September 16, 2020 15:00 Common Dolphin 50 0 Bow riding 20

The Calf-Port Erin

Jase Whittaker
September 15, 2020 09:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 20

Glen Wyllin beach

David O’Flanagan
September 11, 2020 18:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 Leaping 90

Ramsey bay

Barry Murphey, Ruth Gale
September 10, 2020 12:45 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Leaping 10

Peel bay

Adam Denard
September 4, 2020 15:15 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 10

Peel Bay

Sarah Lowe, Julie Faragher, Ruth M Black

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
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
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