Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 10, 2020 | 11:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 3 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 100 |
Inside Peel bay |
Lots of Peel folk |
| January 9, 2020 | 15:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 3 | 1 | Normal swimming | 65 |
Glen Maye-Niarbyl |
Henry, Brian Maddrell |
| January 4, 2020 | 15:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 5 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Peel bay |
Cairan Ball, Kris and Lauren etc. |
| January 4, 2020 | 10:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 20 | 0 | Normal swimming | 20 |
Port Mooar |
Zoe Sowrey |
| January 4, 2020 | 13:40 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 25 | 5 | Normal swimming | 45 |
Laxey Bay |
Robert Fisher |
| January 3, 2020 | 12:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 20 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 50 |
Mid Laxey Bay – about a mile off shore |
Shane Stigant and Robert Fisher |
| January 3, 2020 | 12:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 15 | 0 | Normal swimming | 20 |
South of Calf sound |
Vannin Veg |
| January 1, 2020 | 13:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 15 | 0 | Normal swimming | 120 |
Lhen beach, Blue point area |
Kirstie Rowson and Joanne Ashcroft |
| December 31, 2019 | 10:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 15 | 5 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Kirk Michael |
Mark Cain, Ste Lee |
| 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) |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2023 | 12:30 | 1 | Breaching | 1 | 12 miles west chicken rock | Fourwinns | |||
| May 27, 2023 | 16:25 | 1 | Breaching | 1 | South of sound 4 miles | Fourwinns | |||
| May 27, 2023 | 06:45 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 6 miles off Ballaugh | Max Crookall | ||
| May 19, 2023 | 10:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Rue Point | Casey J Fishing Charter | ||
| May 13, 2023 | 18:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Perwick bay | Jacky Hall | |||
| May 11, 2023 | 16:45 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 1 | Contrary Head | Paul Barlow | ||
| May 10, 2023 | 20:45 | 1 | Tight circling | 20 | Behind peel castle | Iva | |||
| May 9, 2023 | 12:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 15 miles East of Point of Ayre | Chris Hill | ||
| 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 |