Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 3, 2017 | 17:00 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Douglas head |
Christian Hall |
| November 3, 2017 | 13:15 | Common Dolphin | 50 | 10 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Off Glen Maye |
John Henley |
| November 3, 2017 | 12:15 | Common Dolphin | 30 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 30 |
2 miles NW of Peel |
Tom Felce |
| November 2, 2017 | 12:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 15 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 180 |
Ramsey bay to Cornaa |
Martin Packard, Gez Sowrey etc. |
| November 2, 2017 | 13:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 10 | 0 | Leaping | 60 |
Just off the Llen beach |
Waveney Jenkins |
| November 2, 2017 | 08:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 10 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
1 mile off Bradda head |
Neil Barron |
| November 2, 2017 | 11:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 15 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 180 |
Kirk Michael to Jurby |
Valerie Ross |
| November 1, 2017 | 11:55 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 4 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Peel headlands, halfway to Ballagyr |
Don Brown |
| November 1, 2017 | 09:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 30 | 0 | Leaping | 180 |
Peel breakwater and off Peel castle |
Mark Kneale & Tony@Peel Fish kiosk |
| October 31, 2017 | 13:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 1 |
North west of Jurby |
Andrew Humphries |
| October 31, 2017 | 17:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 15 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Off Peel castle |
Elizabeth Anne |
| October 29, 2017 | 08:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Douglas head |
Tom Brook |
| October 26, 2017 | 13:35 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
500 m off Marine Drive, just south of Pigeon Stream |
Peter Quirk |
| October 26, 2017 | 11:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Carrick bay, Port St Mary |
Martin Lambden |
| October 26, 2017 | 13:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Castletown bay |
Martin Lambden |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 28, 2022 | 20:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 1 mile off Peel | Casey J | ||
| July 27, 2022 | 13:00 | 1 | Tight circling | 10 | Gibdale Point | Peter Kay | |||
| July 18, 2022 | 19:37 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Nine and a half miles NW of Calf Sound | Nina Shimmin | |||
| July 16, 2022 | 18:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 80 | Port Erin | undeleeb din, Elasmomann | |||
| July 14, 2022 | 07:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | 3 miles off Contrary head | Max Crookall | |||
| July 12, 2022 | 03:00 | 2 | Swimming | 120 | Port Erin Bay | Charles Leclerc | |||
| July 11, 2022 | 10:40 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 7 | 1nm SE of South Harbour, Calf of Man | David Bellamy & Robert Fisher | ||
| July 10, 2022 | 21:20 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 6 | Three and a half miles NW of Calf Sound | Dermot Shimmin | |||
| July 5, 2022 | 09:00 | 1 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 120 | 1 km off White Strand & Gob-Y-Deigan | Ian Judd | ||
| July 5, 2022 | 15:45 | 1 | Swimming | 15 | Niarbyl Bay | Georgina Franks, Lauren Slater | |||
| 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 |