Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| October 26, 2017 | 16:30 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
The Arches, Marine drive |
Ali Clarke |
| October 26, 2017 | 17:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 5 | 0 | Leaping | 30 |
Langness |
Don Brown |
| October 22, 2017 | 11:00 | Unidentified Large Cetacean | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
1/4 of a mile south east of the chasms |
Morgan Guy |
| October 20, 2017 | 15:00 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Langness |
Janice Reynolds |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 28, 2022 | 10:00 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 360 | Peel bay | Peter Bradley, Nia Clague and many others | |||
| August 25, 2022 | 11:00 | 0 | 1 | Tight circling | 300 | Niarbyl | Keira & Owen, Stewart Ward | ||
| 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 |