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
June 30, 2022 16:24 0 0 1 Swimming 2 North coast of the Calf of Man Tom Morgan and Gemma Scotts
June 27, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 3 miles west of Peel Max Crookall
June 23, 2022 16:45 1 1 Suspected feeding 1 Half a mile north of Calf Sound Malcolm Stewart
June 22, 2022 18:15 1 2 Suspected feeding 20 Herring tower Langness Richard and Janice Cooil
June 22, 2022 19:20 1 Suspected feeding 2 6km SW of Chicken Rock David Bellamy & others
June 21, 2022 19:15 1 1 Suspected feeding 20 Port Wallberry, Marine Drive Manx Ornithological Society Marine Drive walk
June 21, 2022 17:15 1 Suspected feeding 25 350m off Glen Wyllin Ian Young
June 18, 2022 11:00 1 Swimming 15 Marine Drive Craig Whalley
June 16, 2022 12:10 1 Suspected feeding 20 Douglas head Ian Wilcock
June 15, 2022 13:45 Suspected feeding 30 Port Soderick Jordan Palfreman
June 15, 2022 15:15 1 Suspected feeding 20 West of Calf of Man Quentin De Backer
June 15, 2022 15:15 1 Suspected feeding 5 Port Erin bay Not recorded
June 15, 2022 12:10 3 Tight circling 20 6 miles south Sugar loaf Kirrie jenkins, Doug Patrick
June 15, 2022 11:05 1 Suspected feeding 35 Douglas head Ian Wilcock
June 14, 2022 21:30 2 Suspected feeding 35 Marine drive Port Soderick end Kevin Sharpe