Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
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
January 29, 2017 09:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 15 5 Fast swim or porpoising 80

Port-e-vullen

kebaoffshore/Anna Kerruish
January 17, 2017 14:00 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Normal swimming 2

Douglas Head

Pete Quirk

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
June 11, 2022 15:15 1 Suspected feeding 160 Gansey bay Tim, Richard Corlett
June 9, 2022 10:57 1 Suspected feeding 10 Jurby Lizzie Coote
June 7, 2022 18:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Marine drive MWDW
June 6, 2022 16:40 1 Swimming 5 5m off Port Erin Faye Devlin
June 3, 2022 11:05 1 Swimming 1 Half a mile west of Spanish Head Malcolm Stewart
June 2, 2022 15:20 1 Swimming 1 Off Jurby head Malcolm Stewart
May 29, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 East of the Sound MWDW
May 26, 2022 13:40 1 Swimming 15 Peel Castle Eric Holmes, Oliver & Sarah Middleton
May 24, 2022 18:00 1 Swimming 30 Port Erin bay Elizabeth Lawton
May 14, 2022 17:50 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 The Chasms Alessia
May 7, 2022 14:00 1 Suspected feeding 45 300m east of the Calf of Man Caroline & Phil Roriston and David
May 3, 2022 14:45 1 Suspected feeding 10 Port Erin
May 1, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Dalby Richard Marks
April 29, 2022 17:00 1 Suspected feeding 15 Eary Cushlin Nicola