Recent cetacean sightings
Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
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December 28, 2024 | 13:00 | Bottlenose dolphin | 10 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant | |
December 27, 2024 | 09:15 | Bottlenose dolphin | 40 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
2 to 3 miles off Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
December 25, 2024 | 13:30 | Harbour porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
Off Peel Castle rocks. |
Allen Moore |
December 20, 2024 | 16:00 | Bottlenose dolphin | 10 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
December 18, 2024 | 15:50 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
50m off Ramsey north beach |
Andy McKnight |
December 11, 2024 | 09:15 | Bottlenose dolphin | 13 | 2 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
December 8, 2024 | 13:10 | Bottlenose dolphin | 10 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
3 miles off Laxey |
Shane Stigant |
December 6, 2024 | 09:00 | Bottlenose dolphin | 23 | 2 | Feeding or foraging | 90 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
December 4, 2024 | 14:30 | Minke whale | 1 | 0 | Not recorded | 5 |
Near Point of Ayre |
Carol Callow |
December 3, 2024 | 14:00 | Bottlenose dolphin | 8 | 4 | Leaping | 10 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
December 3, 2024 | 05:00 | Common dolphin | 10 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
3 miles off Peel |
Alex Bullock |
December 2, 2024 | 12:00 | Bottlenose dolphin | 25 | 5 | Normal swimming | 60 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant, Louise & Stephen |
November 26, 2024 | 13:30 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 150 |
Peel bay |
Many |
November 22, 2024 | 10:30 | Bottlenose dolphin | 10 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Laxey bay |
David Cooper |
November 19, 2024 | 09:00 | Common dolphin | 10 | 0 | Boat interaction (not riding bow) | 10 |
3 miles off Port Erin |
Olly Kermeen |
Recent basking shark sightings
Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
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August 3, 2024 | 15:00 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | Point of Ayre | Anon | |||
August 1, 2024 | 14:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 6 miles off Ramsey | Orry Corlett | |||
May 31, 2024 | 14:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 15 | Peel Castle | Keith H | |||
May 22, 2024 | 12:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 3 kms off Scarlett | Tom | ||
May 21, 2024 | 14:10 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 10 | Peel | |||
May 20, 2024 | 18:20 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 80 | Laxey bay | Shane Stigant, Peta Rooney | ||
May 18, 2024 | 14:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 15 | Marine drive, Toll gate | Andy Garrett | |||
May 15, 2024 | 20:20 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | 1/4 mile off Niarbyl | Adam | |||
May 14, 2024 | 11:50 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 3 miles NW of Peel | Marshall Thompson | |||
May 11, 2024 | 13:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Derbyhaven | Tim Collister | ||
August 19, 2023 | 14:00 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | Ayres Nature Reserve | Gayle Johnson | ||
June 4, 2023 | 23:00 | 3 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 5 | 3 miles West of Peel | Finn and Joe Traynor | ||
May 31, 2023 | 17:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 200 | Elby Point, North of Niarbyl | Adam, Tom, Lee | |||
May 29, 2023 | 13:20 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 20 | Bradda head | Jo and Richard Lewy | ||
May 29, 2023 | 08:10 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 10 | Point of Ayre | Andy Dyke |