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
June 22, 2022 19:20 1 Suspected feeding 2 6km SW of Chicken Rock David Bellamy & others
June 21, 2022 19:15 1 1 Suspected feeding 20 Port Wallberry, Marine Drive Manx Ornithological Society Marine Drive walk
June 21, 2022 17:15 1 Suspected feeding 25 350m off Glen Wyllin Ian Young
June 18, 2022 11:00 1 Swimming 15 Marine Drive Craig Whalley
June 16, 2022 12:10 1 Suspected feeding 20 Douglas head Ian Wilcock
June 15, 2022 13:45 Suspected feeding 30 Port Soderick Jordan Palfreman
June 15, 2022 15:15 1 Suspected feeding 20 West of Calf of Man Quentin De Backer
June 15, 2022 15:15 1 Suspected feeding 5 Port Erin bay Not recorded
June 15, 2022 12:10 3 Tight circling 20 6 miles south Sugar loaf Kirrie jenkins, Doug Patrick
June 15, 2022 11:05 1 Suspected feeding 35 Douglas head Ian Wilcock
June 14, 2022 21:30 2 Suspected feeding 35 Marine drive Port Soderick end Kevin Sharpe
June 13, 2022 19:55 1 Tight circling 15 Fort Island David Bellamy & Robert Fisher
June 12, 2022 10:40 1 Suspected feeding 120 Peel headlands-breakwater John Baker, Alastair Sutherland, Jon Corlett, Elli Gawne, Julie Howarth
June 11, 2022 15:15 1 Suspected feeding 160 Gansey bay Tim, Richard Corlett
June 9, 2022 10:57 1 Suspected feeding 10 Jurby Lizzie Coote