Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
April 11, 2020 13:50 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Feeding or foraging 50

Peel bay

Sarah, Erin, MWDW
April 11, 2020 18:15 Bottlenose Dolphin 2 0 Normal swimming 15

Laxey Bay.

R-Fisher
April 10, 2020 14:40 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Glen Wyllin

indigo astick
April 10, 2020 16:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 105

Fenella-White strand

Caz, Mark, Ange, MWDW
April 9, 2020 12:45 Bottlenose Dolphin 6 0 Leaping 20

Port Soderick

John Cowin
April 9, 2020 12:05 Bottlenose Dolphin 11 1 Fast swim or porpoising 140

Port Jack – Groudle

Gill Connor, Joanne O’ Neil, Christine Lowe, R-Fisher
April 9, 2020 12:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 5

Peel Breakwater

Sarah Flack
April 8, 2020 14:45 Risso’s Dolphin 5 1 Normal swimming 10

Carrick Bay, Port st Mary

April 8, 2020 20:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 15

Peel bay

Danny, Mike Davis
April 8, 2020 19:45 Bottlenose Dolphin 2 0 Normal swimming 15

South Laxey bay, Clay head

R-Fisher
April 7, 2020 09:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 10

Ayres Nature Reserve

Ayres warden
April 6, 2020 18:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Not recorded 10

Peel hill

April 3, 2020 14:05 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Feeding or foraging 20

Peel Bay (2 meters from shore line)

Ian, Natalie, Ava & Dylan Judd
April 1, 2020 18:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Peel castle then Peel Bay

Bryony and Peachy
March 31, 2020 17:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 40 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

6 miles off Douglas

Ben My Chree

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