Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 25, 2016 | 14:00 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
Laxey bay |
Graeme Healy |
| August 25, 2016 | 12:10 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
Bay Fine |
Carol Woodall & Sue Whittaker |
| August 25, 2016 | 17:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 5 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
Fort Island |
Raine family |
| August 25, 2016 | 19:15 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
Marine Drive |
Carol Woodall & Bill Whittaker |
| August 25, 2016 | 18:00 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Marine Drive |
Carol, Sue, Bill |
| August 25, 2016 | 14:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 7 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
800 metres East of the Chasms |
Bill Holgate |
| August 24, 2016 | 17:15 | Common Dolphin | 10 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Langness |
Richard and Janice Cooil |
| August 24, 2016 | 20:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Langness |
Liz Charter and Tim Earl |
| August 24, 2016 | 15:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 10 | 0 | Normal swimming | 260 |
Marine Drive |
MWDW, Lynne Corrie, Kevin Scott, Michael Corlett, Becci Owen |
| August 24, 2016 | 11:30 | Common Dolphin | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Port St Mary |
Kirrie Jenkins |
| August 24, 2016 | 17:15 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
The Sound |
Graeme Healy |
| August 22, 2016 | 18:25 | Common Dolphin | 30 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 65 |
Peel to Dalby |
Carol Woodall, Sue Whittaker, Paul Smith |
| August 22, 2016 | 20:50 | Risso’s Dolphin | 2 | 0 | Leaping | 5 |
South of the Sound |
Sue Whittaker & Carol |
| August 19, 2016 | 19:50 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 20 |
West of the Sound |
Sue Whittaker |
| August 18, 2016 | 13:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 4 | 0 | Leaping | 95 |
West of The Sound |
Cheryl Gatfield/Chris Burton |
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 |