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
June 13, 2022 19:55 1 Tight circling 15 Fort Island David Bellamy & Robert Fisher
June 12, 2022 10:40 1 Suspected feeding 120 Peel headlands-breakwater John Baker, Alastair Sutherland, Jon Corlett, Elli Gawne, Julie Howarth
June 11, 2022 15:15 1 Suspected feeding 160 Gansey bay Tim, Richard Corlett
June 9, 2022 10:57 1 Suspected feeding 10 Jurby Lizzie Coote
June 7, 2022 18:00 1 Suspected feeding 10 Marine drive MWDW
June 6, 2022 16:40 1 Swimming 5 5m off Port Erin Faye Devlin
June 3, 2022 11:05 1 Swimming 1 Half a mile west of Spanish Head Malcolm Stewart
June 2, 2022 15:20 1 Swimming 1 Off Jurby head Malcolm Stewart
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