Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
February 18, 2023 11:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 2 0 Normal swimming 15

Douglas bay

Vincent Sider
February 17, 2023 07:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 20 0 Normal swimming 5

Douglas lighthouse

Not recorded
February 13, 2023 15:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 2 0 Normal swimming 30

Port Erin Bay

The Norris family
February 12, 2023 15:20 Moonlight and Starlight 1 1 Normal swimming 10

Peel Castle

Kelly Nickson
February 9, 2023 11:30 Moonlight and Starlight 1 1 Feeding or foraging 1

Port Erin bay

Jo Kinley
February 7, 2023 14:55 Moonlight and Starlight 1 1 Feeding or foraging 10

Peel bay

Dave C
February 6, 2023 17:10 Moonlight and Starlight 1 1 Feeding or foraging 10

Peel bay

February 4, 2023 11:30 Moonlight and Starlight 1 1 Feeding or foraging 60

Ramsey bay

Many
February 3, 2023 10:45 Bottlenose Dolphin 0 6 Feeding or foraging 5

Maughold head

Shane Stigant
February 1, 2023 08:50 Moonlight and Starlight 1 1 Feeding or foraging 30

Douglas bay

Mo Parker-Child, Pauline Tait, Sarah Bullski and others
February 1, 2023 09:15 Bottlenose Dolphin 0 10 Leaping 30

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
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,

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
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
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