Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
March 10, 2020 12:45 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Calf Sound

Vannin Veg
March 7, 2020 15:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Port Erin bay

Jack Kissack
March 5, 2020 16:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 5 1 Fast swim or porpoising 20

Keristal-Langness point

Richard and Janice cooil, Jim Whitelegg
March 3, 2020 12:50 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 10

Marine drive

Paul Ward, Lee Skillicorn
February 23, 2020 11:45 Bottlenose Dolphin 20 5 Bow riding 10

Douglas Bay

Brendan (Sula)
February 22, 2020 11:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 7 0 Feeding or foraging 15

Peel bay

Tim Crookall
February 21, 2020 10:15 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 0 Leaping 1

4 miles off Peel

Chris
February 5, 2020 11:00 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 30

Calf Sound

Vanninveg
February 2, 2020 09:15 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 0 Normal swimming 10

Far end of Prom a few meters from the shore

Ian Judd
February 2, 2020 13:50 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 0 Normal swimming 10

Inside Peel Bay

Caitlin Dancox, Andy Corrie
January 31, 2020 15:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 0 Feeding or foraging 90

Inside Peel bay

Ruth Black, Jo Jo and Shona Storey
January 26, 2020 14:10 Bottlenose Dolphin 6 0 Normal swimming 10

Laxey Bay

R & M Davies
January 25, 2020 15:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 15 0 Leaping 10

Peel Hill

Alan Moffatt
January 23, 2020 16:55 Bottlenose Dolphin 35 5 Bow riding 10

8 miles east of Douglas

Chris Bowen (Ben My Chree)
January 21, 2020 11:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 3 1 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Peel bay

Peel folk, MWDW

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
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
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