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
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