Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
September 25, 2017 14:00 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Not recorded 5

East of the Sound

Neil Barron
September 25, 2017 13:15 Minke Whale 1 0 Not recorded 20

East of the Sound

Neil Barron
September 25, 2017 11:05 Minke Whale 2 0 Feeding or foraging 55

Marine Drive, Toll Gates

Colin Gundry
September 25, 2017 07:30 Minke Whale 2 0 Feeding or foraging 150

Onchan head

Lynsey Fosdal and others
September 25, 2017 17:00 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Bulgham bay

John Cowin
September 25, 2017 14:30 Minke Whale 2 0 Feeding or foraging 240

Douglas bay

Joanne O’Neill, Lottie and Hollie
September 25, 2017 18:00 Harbour Porpoise 6 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Laxey bay

John Cowin
September 25, 2017 12:00 Minke Whale 6 0 Feeding or foraging 360

Marine drive

MWDW and many other
September 25, 2017 15:45 Risso’s Dolphin 5 0 Normal swimming 30

Marine drive

MWDW and many other
September 25, 2017 15:00 Unidentified Small Cetacean 3 0 Not recorded 5

Marine drive

Jill Bunyan
September 20, 2017 09:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 2 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Peel Breakwater

Chrissy Callaghan
September 19, 2017 10:15 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 30

Marine Drive, Toll Gate

Mike Craine
September 19, 2017 12:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 6 0 Fast swim or porpoising 40

Ramsey bay

Jenna Lawley
September 18, 2017 14:55 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Marine Drive, Little Ness

Colin Gundry
September 17, 2017 10:00 Minke Whale 3 0 Normal swimming 5

Marine Drive (southern end)

Mark & Liz Harris

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
May 1, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Dalby Richard Marks
April 29, 2022 17:00 1 Suspected feeding 15 Eary Cushlin Nicola