Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
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
September 17, 2017 15:20 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Marine Drive – Between the toll gates and pigeon stream

Colin Gundry
September 17, 2017 18:00 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 30

Marine Drive, Pidgeon Stream

Bill and Lada Henderson
September 17, 2017 14:10 Minke Whale 2 0 Feeding or foraging 30

Marine drive, gate at road closure

Dawn Kinnish
September 17, 2017 14:30 Minke Whale 1 1 Feeding or foraging 60

Marine Drive, Toll Gate

Mike Kelly
September 17, 2017 13:00 Minke Whale 2 0 Feeding or foraging 120

Douglas Head

Susan Griffiths, Therasa Williams
September 17, 2017 09:45 Minke Whale 3 0 Feeding or foraging 30

Fort Island, Langness

Neil Barron
September 17, 2017 09:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 6 0 Fast swim or porpoising 30

Peel, swimming baths

Susan Moon
September 16, 2017 15:30 Minke Whale 2 0 Blowing 30

Douglas Head

Lynn Mather

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
May 29, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 East of the Sound MWDW
May 26, 2022 13:40 1 Swimming 15 Peel Castle Eric Holmes, Oliver & Sarah Middleton
May 24, 2022 18:00 1 Swimming 30 Port Erin bay Elizabeth Lawton
May 14, 2022 17:50 1 1 Suspected feeding 5 The Chasms Alessia
May 7, 2022 14:00 1 Suspected feeding 45 300m east of the Calf of Man Caroline & Phil Roriston and David
May 3, 2022 14:45 1 Suspected feeding 10 Port Erin
May 1, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Dalby Richard Marks
April 29, 2022 17:00 1 Suspected feeding 15 Eary Cushlin Nicola