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
August 24, 2022 08:30 1 Suspected feeding 240 Peel Breakwater John Hills, Max Crookall
August 21, 2022 15:00 1 Suspected feeding 120 Port Erin Debbie McGregor
August 20, 2022 11:00 1 Parellel swimming 10 Peel Castle Jonathan Reilly
August 15, 2022 18:35 1 Swimming 5 Back of the Calf Joshua and Jake, Paul, Tanya and others on Shona boat
August 14, 2022 13:50 1 Suspected feeding 120 West of the Sound MWDW
August 13, 2022 19:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Langness Laura Elizabeth
August 11, 2022 19:25 1 Suspected feeding 10 Warts Bank, Calf of Man Gemini
August 10, 2022 16:00 1 Suspected feeding 30 Orrisdale head Katie Robertson
August 10, 2022 19:40 1 Suspected feeding 20 Port Erin-Sound John Rimmer
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