Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
September 25, 2017 14:15 Common Dolphin 12 0 Normal swimming 15

East of the Sound

Neil Barron
September 25, 2017 14:00 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Not recorded 5

East of the Sound

Neil Barron
September 25, 2017 13:15 Minke Whale 1 0 Not recorded 20

East of the Sound

Neil Barron
September 25, 2017 11:05 Minke Whale 2 0 Feeding or foraging 55

Marine Drive, Toll Gates

Colin Gundry
September 25, 2017 07:30 Minke Whale 2 0 Feeding or foraging 150

Onchan head

Lynsey Fosdal and others
September 25, 2017 17:00 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Bulgham bay

John Cowin
September 25, 2017 14:30 Minke Whale 2 0 Feeding or foraging 240

Douglas bay

Joanne O’Neill, Lottie and Hollie
September 25, 2017 18:00 Harbour Porpoise 6 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Laxey bay

John Cowin
September 25, 2017 12:00 Minke Whale 6 0 Feeding or foraging 360

Marine drive

MWDW and many other
September 25, 2017 15:45 Risso’s Dolphin 5 0 Normal swimming 30

Marine drive

MWDW and many other
September 25, 2017 15:00 Unidentified Small Cetacean 3 0 Not recorded 5

Marine drive

Jill Bunyan
September 20, 2017 09:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 2 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Peel Breakwater

Chrissy Callaghan
September 19, 2017 10:15 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 30

Marine Drive, Toll Gate

Mike Craine
September 19, 2017 12:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 6 0 Fast swim or porpoising 40

Ramsey bay

Jenna Lawley
September 18, 2017 14:55 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Marine Drive, Little Ness

Colin Gundry

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
July 5, 2022 15:00 1 1 Swimming 180 Peel breakwater Colin Lawrenson, Alistair Sutherland and other
July 4, 2022 12:00 3 Suspected feeding 200 Peel breakwater to the headlands Andi young, Neil Westwood, The Mitchell family
July 3, 2022 14:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 Glen Maye – Peel Hill David R
July 3, 2022 15:55 1 Suspected feeding 10 150-200m off Peel Castle Mike Davies
June 30, 2022 13:50 1 1 Suspected feeding 15 Scarlett Virginia Keig
June 30, 2022 16:24 0 0 1 Swimming 2 North coast of the Calf of Man Tom Morgan and Gemma Scotts
June 27, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 3 miles west of Peel Max Crookall
June 23, 2022 16:45 1 1 Suspected feeding 1 Half a mile north of Calf Sound Malcolm Stewart
June 22, 2022 18:15 1 2 Suspected feeding 20 Herring tower Langness Richard and Janice Cooil
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