Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 30, 2016 | 11:40 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 10 | 0 | Not recorded | 5 |
Port Mooar |
Anna Kerruish |
| October 29, 2016 | 09:30 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 1 |
Laxey |
Shane Stigant |
| October 28, 2016 | 11:20 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Douglas Head |
Phil Kneen |
| October 28, 2016 | 16:00 | Minke Whale | 3 | 2 | Feeding or foraging | 90 |
Marine Drive Toll gate |
Neil Clague |
| October 28, 2016 | 16:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 20 |
Pigeon Stream Marine Drive |
Neil Clague |
| October 28, 2016 | 14:00 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 120 |
Douglas |
Shane Stigant |
| October 28, 2016 | 15:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 7 |
Peel |
MWDW |
| October 21, 2016 | 09:15 | Risso’s Dolphin | 8 | 0 | Normal swimming | 75 |
Douglas Head |
Liz Vipond, Andy Watson |
| October 21, 2016 | 14:20 | Harbour Porpoise | 6 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Marine Drive |
John Cowin |
| October 21, 2016 | 15:20 | Minke Whale | 2 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Outside Laxey Bay |
John Cowin | |
| October 21, 2016 | 15:25 | Harbour Porpoise | 12 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Outside Laxey Bay |
JohnCowin |
| October 21, 2016 | 11:15 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
500 metres South of Port St Mary |
Bill Holgate |
| October 9, 2016 | 12:15 | Risso’s Dolphin | 5 | 0 | Leaping | 10 |
Langness |
Richard |
| October 9, 2016 | 15:40 | Risso’s Dolphin | 4 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 40 |
Port St Mary |
Carol Woodall & Sue Whittaker |
| October 9, 2016 | 16:35 | Risso’s Dolphin | 4 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 100 |
The Sound |
Sue, Carol & Bill |
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 |