Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1, 2017 | 11:25 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 55 |
South west of Point of Ayre |
Colin Gundry |
| April 1, 2017 | 12:45 | Risso’s Dolphin | 3 | 1 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Douglas head |
Colin Cowie |
| March 24, 2017 | 17:35 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 15 | 5 | Fast swim or porpoising | 90 |
Port Mooar-Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant, Anna Kerruish |
| March 23, 2017 | 12:50 | Risso’s Dolphin | 12 | 0 | Not recorded | 10 |
Marine Drive |
Renée Heginbotham |
| March 20, 2017 | 12:05 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 50 | 0 | Normal swimming | 60 |
Douglas lighthouse |
Nathan Davies |
| March 13, 2017 | 11:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 15 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Port Mooar |
Anna Kerruish |
| March 9, 2017 | 15:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Peel breakwater |
Liz Charter, Gail Jeffcoate, Tim Earl |
| March 6, 2017 | 12:05 | Harbour Porpoise | 4 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Port St Mary |
Carol Woodall and Sue Whittaker |
| March 6, 2017 | 12:25 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 1 |
Port St Mary |
Carol Woodall and Sue Whittaker |
| March 6, 2017 | 14:00 | Unidentified Large Cetacean | 2 | 0 | Logging on surface | 11 |
Langness |
Liz Mitchell |
| March 6, 2017 | 10:50 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 3 |
Laxey bay |
cath hinks |
| March 4, 2017 | 15:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Blue point |
Linda Broome-smith |
| February 21, 2017 | 14:05 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 60 |
Peel Bay |
Allen S Moore, Sue & Ian Griffiths, RSPB |
| February 19, 2017 | 12:05 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
Rue Point |
Nick Pinder |
| February 15, 2017 | 14:00 | Common Dolphin | 2 | 0 | Bow riding | 15 |
5 miles NW of Peel |
Drew Humphries |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2023 | 08:10 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 10 | Point of Ayre | Andy Dyke | ||
| 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 |