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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 22, 2022 | 19:20 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 2 | 6km SW of Chicken Rock | David Bellamy & others | |||
| June 21, 2022 | 19:15 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Port Wallberry, Marine Drive | Manx Ornithological Society Marine Drive walk | ||
| June 21, 2022 | 17:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 25 | 350m off Glen Wyllin | Ian Young | |||
| June 18, 2022 | 11:00 | 1 | Swimming | 15 | Marine Drive | Craig Whalley | |||
| June 16, 2022 | 12:10 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Douglas head | Ian Wilcock | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 13:45 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Port Soderick | Jordan Palfreman | ||||
| June 15, 2022 | 15:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | West of Calf of Man | Quentin De Backer | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 15:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Port Erin bay | Not recorded | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 12:10 | 3 | Tight circling | 20 | 6 miles south Sugar loaf | Kirrie jenkins, Doug Patrick | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 11:05 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 35 | Douglas head | Ian Wilcock | |||
| June 14, 2022 | 21:30 | 2 | Suspected feeding | 35 | Marine drive Port Soderick end | Kevin Sharpe | |||
| 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 |