Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 11, 2020 | 13:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Ramsey |
Many |
| August 11, 2020 | 17:20 | Risso’s Dolphin | 10 | 2 | Leaping | 20 |
East of the Calf |
Vessel- ‘Gone with the Wind’ |
| August 10, 2020 | 14:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Fenella beach, Peel |
Betty Rose |
| August 9, 2020 | 18:56 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Port St Mary |
Nina & Dermot Shimmin |
| August 9, 2020 | 19:10 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 5 |
Calf of Man between Drinking dragon and Chicken rock |
Nina & Dermot Shimmin |
| August 9, 2020 | 14:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 90 |
East of the Calf |
MWDW |
| August 9, 2020 | 16:20 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
East of the Sound |
MWDW |
| August 8, 2020 | 17:25 | Harbour Porpoise | 5 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Port Soderick |
Nina & Dermot Shimmin |
| August 7, 2020 | 12:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 45 |
Port Lewaigue-Ramsey bay |
Many |
| August 7, 2020 | 19:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Ramsey bay |
Many |
| August 3, 2020 | 11:25 | Risso’s Dolphin | 8 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
1.5 km off Port St Mary Ledges |
Neil |
| August 3, 2020 | 19:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Leaping | 10 |
Peel Bay |
Liz |
| July 30, 2020 | 11:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Peel bay |
Ken Harding, Jill Dunlop |
| July 30, 2020 | 13:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
The Sound |
Vannin Veg |
| July 29, 2020 | 17:10 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Peel bay |
Sarah Ayres |
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 |