Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 12, 2020 | 14:50 | Risso’s Dolphin | 7 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 264 |
Langness |
Many |
| August 12, 2020 | 17:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 5 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 10 |
Laxey |
Neil |
| 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 |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| 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 |