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 29, 2026 | 15:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | South side of Calf about 600m offshore | Jan Gledhill | ||
| July 28, 2026 | 07:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 160 | Below Bradda Head. Port Erin | Andy Craine, Andy Karran, Christine Price | ||
| July 28, 2026 | 11:15 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | 5 miles off Whitestrand | Vanquish | ||
| July 27, 2026 | 13:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 240 | Off Bradda Head | Anne Connell, Abigail | ||
| July 27, 2026 | 18:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Behind Peel Castle | Paul Marriott | ||
| July 19, 2026 | 09:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 1 | Bradda head | Iain quine | ||
| July 16, 2026 | 11:00 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 10 | South of Perwick bay | Irene Thomasson | ||
| July 9, 2026 | 18:30 | 2 | 2 | 20 | Whitestrand, north of Peel | Harry | |||
| July 9, 2026 | 16:30 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | Parellel swimming | 180 | 1km off Glen Mooar | FHA photography, Harry Gell |
| July 9, 2026 | 17:00 | 5 | 5 | Swimming | 90 | Between Kirk Michael & Orrisdale | Ian & Dylan Judd | ||
| July 9, 2026 | 19:05 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | Peel promenade (Bowling green end) | Bill Whittaker | ||
| July 8, 2026 | 18:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | 50 mts off shore, 500 mts south of Peel Castle | Jan Ozyer | ||
| July 8, 2026 | 15:15 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Peel castle | Andrew Butterworth | ||
| July 8, 2026 | 13:00 | 3 | 1 | 4 | Suspected feeding | 4 | 6 miles south of Chicken rocks | Clive Rodgers | |
| July 8, 2026 | 18:30 | 10 | 10 | Suspected feeding | 90 | Between Glen Mooar & Kirk Michael | Ian Judd |