Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2, 2019 | 15:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 25 |
Port St Mary |
Vannin Veg |
| December 1, 2019 | 11:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 20 | 10 | Leaping | 210 |
Maughold to Laxey |
Shane Stigant and others |
| November 29, 2019 | 16:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 2 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 20 |
Whitestrand-Peel bay |
Nick Barlow, Ian and Sam the Collie |
| November 25, 2019 | 14:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 2 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Peel breakwater |
Frank |
| November 24, 2019 | 12:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 2 | 1 | Fast swim or porpoising | 30 |
Glen Maye-Port Erin |
John, Louise, David, Richard, Craig Whalley, Stephen Marsh |
| November 21, 2019 | 13:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 3 | 1 | Normal swimming | 20 |
North of the Calf |
Vanninveg |
| November 20, 2019 | 14:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 3 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 150 |
Port Erin bay |
Paul Butler and Debbie |
| November 18, 2019 | 16:50 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 2 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Off Fenella beach |
Dave Corkish |
| November 18, 2019 | 11:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 5 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 10 |
South the the Calf |
Vanninveg |
| November 17, 2019 | 10:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 3 |
Chickens rock |
Iain wilkinson (port erin lifeboat) |
| November 17, 2019 | 10:40 | Common Dolphin | 1 | 2 | Normal swimming | 2 |
Chicken rock |
Iain wilkinson |
| November 14, 2019 | 11:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 2 | 1 | Normal swimming | 15 |
South of the Sound |
Vanninveg |
| November 14, 2019 | 11:20 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 13 | 2 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
North of Peel |
Peter Duncan |
| November 13, 2019 | 09:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Point of Ayre |
Stephen Nash |
| November 2, 2019 | 08:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 2 | 0 | Bow riding | 10 |
Peel Harbour, off the breakwater. |
Suzie & Dan |
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 |