Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 30, 2022 | 16:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 10 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Peel breakwater |
Terry taxi and others |
| March 26, 2022 | 07:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Peel bay |
MWDW |
| March 25, 2022 | 10:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 90 |
Peel bay |
Lisa Whear |
| March 25, 2022 | 16:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Marine drive |
Pawel G. |
| March 25, 2022 | 13:10 | Unidentified Small Cetacean | 25 | 15 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
Laxey bay |
Angela Guest |
| March 24, 2022 | 14:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Douglas Head lighthouse |
Val Galpin |
| March 24, 2022 | 09:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Marine drive |
Pawel G |
| March 24, 2022 | 14:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 8 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 15 |
Langness |
Pawel G |
| March 24, 2022 | 11:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Glen Maye |
Not recorded |
| March 23, 2022 | 18:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Driving fish onto sandbank | 30 |
Ballaugh Beach |
Susie and Liz Brunswick |
| March 22, 2022 | 18:35 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Peel castle |
Nicola Dixon |
| March 18, 2022 | 10:35 | Risso’s Dolphin | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Marine drive |
Mike Kelly |
| March 14, 2022 | 16:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 0 | 12 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Mid Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| March 12, 2022 | 15:40 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Peel bay |
Alasdair Sutherland |
| March 11, 2022 | 17:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 5 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
Ben-my-Chree |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2023 | 18:45 | 3 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 10 | White beach niarbyl | Matt Tyrer | ||
| May 8, 2023 | 20:20 | 1 | 1 | Swimming | 10 | Peel breakwater | Will holden | ||
| May 7, 2023 | 12:00 | 1 | Swimming | 10 | Point of Ayre | Liz Charter | |||
| May 6, 2023 | 11:10 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | Port Erin bay | Kathleen | |||
| August 28, 2022 | 10:00 | 3 | Suspected feeding | 360 | Peel bay | Peter Bradley, Nia Clague and many others | |||
| August 25, 2022 | 11:00 | 0 | 1 | Tight circling | 300 | Niarbyl | Keira & Owen, Stewart Ward | ||
| August 24, 2022 | 08:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 240 | Peel Breakwater | John Hills, Max Crookall | |||
| August 21, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 120 | Port Erin | Debbie McGregor | |||
| August 20, 2022 | 11:00 | 1 | Parellel swimming | 10 | Peel Castle | Jonathan Reilly | |||
| August 15, 2022 | 18:35 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | Back of the Calf | Joshua and Jake, Paul, Tanya and others on Shona boat | |||
| August 14, 2022 | 13:50 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 120 | West of the Sound | MWDW | |||
| August 13, 2022 | 19:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Langness | Laura Elizabeth | |||
| August 11, 2022 | 19:25 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Warts Bank, Calf of Man | Gemini | |||
| August 10, 2022 | 16:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Orrisdale head | Katie Robertson | |||
| August 10, 2022 | 19:40 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Port Erin-Sound | John Rimmer |