Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 28, 2023 | 13:30 | Moonlight and Starlight | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 45 |
Peel bay- within 5 metres of the shore |
Jorden Hurst |
| January 28, 2023 | 15:26 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 20 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Port Mooar |
Elly-Jane Crellin |
| January 27, 2023 | 08:10 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 30 | 0 | Normal swimming | 240 |
Peel-Smeale |
Charlotte lee, Andrew Adam and others |
| January 27, 2023 | 11:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 50 | 10 | Leaping | 210 |
Between Laxey-Dhoon-Maughold and back |
Adam, John B, Paul Q, Shane S, |
| January 26, 2023 | 12:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 28 | 2 | Leaping | 140 |
Laxey and Garwick |
Shane Stigant, Barbara Jepson, Alice Quayle |
| January 18, 2023 | 12:10 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 6 | 0 | Leaping | 15 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| January 18, 2023 | 08:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 30 | 0 | Boat interaction (not riding bow) | 10 |
Port Mooar to Maughold |
Danny Kermeen |
| January 15, 2023 | 15:00 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Peel breakwater |
Not recorded |
| January 14, 2023 | 13:00 | Unidentified Small Cetacean | 7 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 45 |
Outside Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| January 14, 2023 | 15:15 | Moonlight and Starlight | 2 | 0 | Bow riding | 5 |
Peel bay |
Jo Callister |
| January 9, 2023 | 12:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 5 | 0 | Normal swimming | 15 |
2 km SE of Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| January 8, 2023 | 11:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 7 | 0 | Leaping | 30 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| January 7, 2023 | 08:55 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 0 | 15 | Feeding or foraging | 35 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| January 5, 2023 | 11:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 30 | 20 | Normal swimming | 20 |
Marine drive |
Darren Lillie |
| January 3, 2023 | 12:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 30 | 0 | Bow riding | 30 |
Scarlett point |
Richard Wild |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 9, 2022 | 18:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Off Orrisdale Head | Andrea & Robert | ||
| August 7, 2022 | 16:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Ballaghennie, Point of Ayre | Combine | |||
| August 4, 2022 | 11:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Bay stacka, west of Sugarloaf | Stephen Cowley | ||
| August 4, 2022 | 16:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Between Port Erin and the Sound | Phil M | ||
| August 4, 2022 | 21:25 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Port Erin Bay | Andy Karran | ||
| August 4, 2022 | 17:05 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | West of the Calf | Stanley Conlon | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 15:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Edge of Peel bay | Chris Duff | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 20:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Port Erin | Dan James | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Niarbyl | Rosa | |||
| July 29, 2022 | 09:30 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | 3 miles East of Calf of Man | STV Leader | |||
| July 28, 2022 | 20:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 1 mile off Peel | Casey J | ||
| July 27, 2022 | 13:00 | 1 | Tight circling | 10 | Gibdale Point | Peter Kay | |||
| July 18, 2022 | 19:37 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Nine and a half miles NW of Calf Sound | Nina Shimmin | |||
| July 16, 2022 | 18:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 80 | Port Erin | undeleeb din, Elasmomann | |||
| July 14, 2022 | 07:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | 3 miles off Contrary head | Max Crookall |