Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
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| April 25, 2020 | 14:45 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
Ayres visitor center |
Martyn Skelly |
| April 24, 2020 | 10:50 | Risso’s Dolphin | 4 | 0 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Bradda head |
Graham and Jackie Hall |
| April 24, 2020 | 14:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 8 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Glen Chass, Port St Mary |
Graham & Jackie Hall |
| April 24, 2020 | 15:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 120 |
Kirk Michael-Peel bay |
Mandy Hewes, David Cartmell, Dawn Atherton |
| April 24, 2020 | 06:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 40 |
Pooylvaish to The Carrick |
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| April 24, 2020 | 21:10 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
The Lhen |
Cameron Sayle |
| April 24, 2020 | 16:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 4 | 0 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Port Soderick |
Beryl Payton |
| April 24, 2020 | 07:20 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 40 |
Niarbyl Point |
Allen S. Moore |
| April 23, 2020 | 16:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Fast swim or porpoising | 5 |
Peel bay |
Laura McHoy |
| April 22, 2020 | 08:45 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
Pooylvaish, Carrick Bay |
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| April 18, 2020 | 19:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Ballagaraghan Jurby |
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| April 18, 2020 | 15:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 0 | Not recorded | 70 |
Peel bay |
Mandy Hewes |
| April 15, 2020 | 12:40 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Peel bay |
Jon Wade |
| April 12, 2020 | 16:30 | Unidentified Large Cetacean | 1 | 0 | Leaping | 5 |
Douglas bay |
Jay Houghton |
| April 11, 2020 | 13:35 | Harbour Porpoise | 7 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 5 |
East of langness foghorn |
Richard/Janice Cooil |
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 |