Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
June 25, 2020 17:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 2 1 Feeding or foraging 75

Peel bay

Kim, Lou, Mike (WhatsApp), Ian and Sam the collie, Katie Morgan
June 25, 2020 17:00 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Fast swim or porpoising 1

West of the Sound

John Rimmer
June 25, 2020 13:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 25 5 Leaping 190

Maughold -Douglas bay

Paul Griffiths, Louise Stewart, Amy Fenlon, Jason Taylor
June 24, 2020 13:25 Risso’s Dolphin 7 0 Normal swimming 30

East of the sound

MWDW plus tourist boats
June 24, 2020 14:40 Harbour Porpoise 1 1 Normal swimming 5

East of the Sound

MWDW
June 24, 2020 14:45 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 60

Peel castle

Jerry Jones, Mandy Hewes
June 24, 2020 19:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 5

The Lhen

Rob Riley
June 24, 2020 13:15 Bottlenose Dolphin 2 1 Normal swimming 60

Whitestrand

Ian Young
June 20, 2020 16:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Not recorded 5

Peel headlands

Oliver
June 19, 2020 16:45 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 120

Peel bay

David Peach, Ian & Dylan Judd, Amy Shelton
June 18, 2020 17:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 1 Normal swimming 5

Port Erin bay

Ali Robertson & Luke Roberts
June 18, 2020 19:00 Risso’s Dolphin 15 0 Boat interaction (not riding bow) 30

8 mile west of Chicken rock (Calf of Man)

June 17, 2020 11:45 Risso’s Dolphin 3 2 Normal swimming 5

Scarlett

Mal Stewart
June 17, 2020 15:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Driving fish onto sandbank 10

Dog Mills

Sue Corrin
June 16, 2020 17:30 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 5

1.5miles SE of Douglas Head

Pete Quirk Salar II

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
August 11, 2022 19:25 1 Suspected feeding 10 Warts Bank, Calf of Man Gemini
August 10, 2022 16:00 1 Suspected feeding 30 Orrisdale head Katie Robertson
August 10, 2022 19:40 1 Suspected feeding 20 Port Erin-Sound John Rimmer
August 9, 2022 17:25 1 Suspected feeding 3 Between Jurby and the Cronk Andrea & Robert
August 9, 2022 18:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 Off Orrisdale Head Andrea & Robert
August 7, 2022 16:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 Ballaghennie, Point of Ayre Combine
August 4, 2022 11:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 Bay stacka, west of Sugarloaf Stephen Cowley
August 4, 2022 16:30 1 1 Suspected feeding 20 Between Port Erin and the Sound Phil M
August 4, 2022 21:25 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 Port Erin Bay Andy Karran
August 4, 2022 17:05 1 Suspected feeding 10 West of the Calf Stanley Conlon
August 3, 2022 15:30 1 Suspected feeding 10 Edge of Peel bay Chris Duff
August 3, 2022 20:15 1 Suspected feeding 30 Port Erin Dan James
August 3, 2022 15:00 1 Suspected feeding 30 Niarbyl Rosa
July 29, 2022 09:30 1 Swimming 5 3 miles East of Calf of Man STV Leader
July 28, 2022 20:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 1 mile off Peel Casey J