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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 9, 2022 | 17:25 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 3 | Between Jurby and the Cronk | Andrea & Robert | |||
| August 9, 2022 | 18:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Off Orrisdale Head | Andrea & Robert | ||
| August 7, 2022 | 16:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Ballaghennie, Point of Ayre | Combine | |||
| August 4, 2022 | 11:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Bay stacka, west of Sugarloaf | Stephen Cowley | ||
| August 4, 2022 | 16:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Between Port Erin and the Sound | Phil M | ||
| August 4, 2022 | 21:25 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Port Erin Bay | Andy Karran | ||
| August 4, 2022 | 17:05 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | West of the Calf | Stanley Conlon | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 15:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Edge of Peel bay | Chris Duff | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 20:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Port Erin | Dan James | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Niarbyl | Rosa | |||
| July 29, 2022 | 09:30 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | 3 miles East of Calf of Man | STV Leader | |||
| July 28, 2022 | 20:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 1 mile off Peel | Casey J | ||
| July 27, 2022 | 13:00 | 1 | Tight circling | 10 | Gibdale Point | Peter Kay | |||
| July 18, 2022 | 19:37 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Nine and a half miles NW of Calf Sound | Nina Shimmin | |||
| July 16, 2022 | 18:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 80 | Port Erin | undeleeb din, Elasmomann |