Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| February 5, 2017 | 09:20 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 80 | 20 | Normal swimming | 60 |
Between the Calf and Langness |
Nick Cowell, Martin Lampden |
| February 3, 2017 | 14:20 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
150m off Peel breakwater |
David Wright |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 26, 2025 | 17:50 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Back of Peel Breakwater | Jo Pickering | |||
| June 25, 2025 | 14:45 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | 1 mile off Peel breakwater | Michael Main | |||
| June 25, 2025 | 06:40 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Niarbyl | Matt Blissett | ||
| June 25, 2025 | 09:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Derbyhaven | Mary Brownsdon | |||
| June 24, 2025 | 12:15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | NiarbyL | Marc Hughes |
| June 23, 2025 | 07:15 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 80 | Back of Peel Castle | Janice McQuarrie and David Wright | ||
| June 23, 2025 | 15:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Peel breakwater | The Callow Family | |||
| June 12, 2025 | 09:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | Peel bay | Jenny Victoria |
| May 23, 2025 | 05:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Contrary head | John Henley | ||
| May 23, 2025 | 05:50 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Tight circling | 5 | Niarbyl | John Henley |
| May 23, 2025 | 12:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Bradda head | Anon |
| May 22, 2025 | 20:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | 3 miles off Peel | Tim Tomalin | |||
| May 20, 2025 | 16:35 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 1 mile west of Bradda head | Kirrie | ||
| May 20, 2025 | 18:45 | 2 | 2 | Swimming | 10 | Calf, 2 miles off south harbour | Thomas boat trips isle of man | ||
| May 20, 2025 | 19:10 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 15 | Chicken rock – Drinking Dragon | Thomas Keggen boat trips isle of man |