Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| January 8, 2017 | 12:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 8 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 30 |
North of Langness |
Peter Broadhurst |
| January 7, 2017 | 12:30 | Minke Whale | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Garwick bay, Baldrine |
Georgina Franks |
| January 7, 2017 | 09:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 100 | 0 | Leaping | 240 |
Dalby-Peel Breakwater |
Peter Hewes, Peel breakwater kiosk, Kim Tastagh and others |
| January 7, 2017 | 11:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 7 | 3 | Feeding or foraging | 300 |
Douglas head |
Tom Brook |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2023 | 18:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Perwick bay | Jacky Hall | |||
| May 11, 2023 | 16:45 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 1 | Contrary Head | Paul Barlow | ||
| May 10, 2023 | 20:45 | 1 | Tight circling | 20 | Behind peel castle | Iva | |||
| May 9, 2023 | 12:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 15 miles East of Point of Ayre | Chris Hill | ||
| May 8, 2023 | 18:45 | 3 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 10 | White beach niarbyl | Matt Tyrer | ||
| May 8, 2023 | 20:20 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 10 | Peel breakwater | Will holden | ||
| May 7, 2023 | 12:00 | 1 | Swimming | 10 | Point of Ayre | Liz Charter | |||
| May 6, 2023 | 11:10 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | Port Erin bay | Kathleen | |||
| 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 |