Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 30, 2019 | 15:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 4 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Douglas Bay |
Lizzie CB | |
| December 25, 2019 | 15:45 | Unidentified Small Cetacean | 40 | 10 | Fast swim or porpoising | 45 |
Fort Island, Langness |
Liz Charter |
| December 25, 2019 | 14:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 2 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
100 metres off Glen Maye |
Peter Wood |
| December 22, 2019 | 13:50 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 0 | 20 | Normal swimming | 30 |
mid Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| December 21, 2019 | 15:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 3 | 1 | Normal swimming | 30 |
Jurby |
Pauline Berrie and Luke (WhatsApp) |
| December 20, 2019 | 11:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 10 | 0 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Port Mooar, Maughold head |
Laura (WhatsApp) |
| December 19, 2019 | 11:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 5 | 1 | Fast swim or porpoising | 15 |
North of Calf Sound |
Vannin Veg |
| December 16, 2019 | 11:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 3 | 1 | Normal swimming | 240 |
Calf Sound to Peel |
Vannin Veg and Rachel |
| December 15, 2019 | 14:35 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 3 | 1 | Normal swimming | 30 |
Peel breakwater to Devil’s Elbow |
Sophie and Rachel (WhatsApp) |
| December 9, 2019 | 15:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 5 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Port Mooar |
Laura (WhatsApp) |
| December 7, 2019 | 09:40 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 6 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 180 |
Laxey bay to Marine drive |
Ruth Tickle and Bev (WhatsApp) |
| December 4, 2019 | 09:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 3 | 1 | Bow riding | 10 |
Peel breakwater |
Danny McElroy |
| December 3, 2019 | 08:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 15 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 240 |
Maughold to Port Mooar |
Laura and Carol Callow |
| December 2, 2019 | 14:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 15 | 5 | Not recorded | 20 |
Ramsey bay |
Dennis Desborough |
| December 2, 2019 | 12:40 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 20 | 10 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Maughold head |
Clare Brook |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| August 11, 2022 | 19:25 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Warts Bank, Calf of Man | Gemini | |||
| August 10, 2022 | 16:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Orrisdale head | Katie Robertson | |||
| August 10, 2022 | 19:40 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Port Erin-Sound | John Rimmer |