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
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