Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
May 7, 2020 08:50 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 2 Feeding or foraging 210

Peel

Kim, Brian, Jayne Wallace
May 3, 2020 13:00 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Port Soderick

Ian wilcock
May 3, 2020 09:10 Risso’s Dolphin 14 1 Feeding or foraging 320

Marine Drive Arches to Groudle

Steve Wright, James Robertson
May 3, 2020 10:45 Harbour Porpoise 9 0 Feeding or foraging 90

Port St Mary

May 3, 2020 16:50 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Leaping 5

Ballaugh/Jurby beach

Evie Groves
May 3, 2020 16:00 Risso’s Dolphin 19 1 Leaping 240

Fort island, Langness

Richard and Janice Cooil, Liz Charter, Hannah Curtis, Cath Moore
May 2, 2020 18:00 Unidentified Small Cetacean 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Keristal

Linda Harding
May 1, 2020 10:00 Risso’s Dolphin 3 1 Normal swimming 15

Port St Mary

May 1, 2020 20:15 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 10

The Lhen

Kerry Coulter
April 29, 2020 12:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 5

Behind Peel Castle

Stephen Parry
April 29, 2020 20:15 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 5

The Lhen

Kerry Coulter
April 28, 2020 12:30 Risso’s Dolphin 3 0 Normal swimming 5

Onchan head

James Robertson
April 28, 2020 16:30 Unidentified Large Cetacean 1 1 Normal swimming 20

Balleria Beach, Kirk Michael

Paul Rowley
April 27, 2020 13:50 Unidentified Small Cetacean 2 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Little Ness, south across mouth of Port Soderick Bay.

John Cowin
April 27, 2020 20:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 5

Port Mooar

Derek Neild

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
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
May 14, 2022 17:50 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 The Chasms Alessia
May 7, 2022 14:00 1 Suspected feeding 45 300m east of the Calf of Man Caroline & Phil Roriston and David
May 3, 2022 14:45 1 Suspected feeding 10 Port Erin
May 1, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Dalby Richard Marks
April 29, 2022 17:00 1 Suspected feeding 15 Eary Cushlin Nicola