Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
June 2, 2020 11:45 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Feeding or foraging 90

Port St Mary

June 2, 2020 13:15 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 10

Port St Mary

June 2, 2020 16:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 15

Ballaugh beach

Lyndsay B
June 1, 2020 20:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Sartfield

Anita
June 1, 2020 16:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 10

Blue point

Haz Rutter
May 31, 2020 16:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Feeding or foraging 15

Peel Breakwater

MWDW
May 30, 2020 13:10 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 20

Point of Ayre

Lynda Quayle, Teresa Williams
May 29, 2020 20:45 Unidentified Large Cetacean 1 0 Normal swimming 1

about 4 miles off Laxey headland

Shane Stigant
May 28, 2020 13:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 15

Kirk Michael

Shaun Gelling
May 27, 2020 08:00 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Scarlett

geoffrey rimmer
May 27, 2020 17:40 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Feeding or foraging 360

Point of Ayre to Peel to Glen Wyllin

Too many to mention
May 27, 2020 17:45 Harbour Porpoise 4 0 Feeding or foraging 10

South of Sugarloaf

Nina & Dermot Shimmin
May 27, 2020 10:40 Bottlenose Dolphin 35 5 Normal swimming 30

Little Ness

Helen Rigby
May 27, 2020 14:00 Harbour Porpoise 9 0 Fast swim or porpoising 120

Carrick bay, Port St Mary

May 26, 2020 14:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Feeding or foraging 20

Between Glen Mooar and Glen Wyllin

Tillie Wells

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
June 23, 2022 16:45 1 1 Suspected feeding 1 Half a mile north of Calf Sound Malcolm Stewart
June 22, 2022 18:15 1 2 Suspected feeding 20 Herring tower Langness Richard and Janice Cooil
June 22, 2022 19:20 1 Suspected feeding 2 6km SW of Chicken Rock David Bellamy & others
June 21, 2022 19:15 1 1 Suspected feeding 20 Port Wallberry, Marine Drive Manx Ornithological Society Marine Drive walk
June 21, 2022 17:15 1 Suspected feeding 25 350m off Glen Wyllin Ian Young
June 18, 2022 11:00 1 Swimming 15 Marine Drive Craig Whalley
June 16, 2022 12:10 1 Suspected feeding 20 Douglas head Ian Wilcock
June 15, 2022 13:45 Suspected feeding 30 Port Soderick Jordan Palfreman
June 15, 2022 15:15 1 Suspected feeding 20 West of Calf of Man Quentin De Backer
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