Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
March 6, 2022 17:35 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 5

Peel Castle

Dave Corkish
March 3, 2022 11:40 Bottlenose Dolphin 10 2 Bow riding 15

Maughold

Jason Taylor
February 28, 2022 16:45 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Feeding or foraging 15

Devils Elbow

A. Martin
February 21, 2022 17:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 5

Peel bay

Andrewc Craine
February 9, 2022 14:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Leaping 5

Fenella beach, Peel

Rachel Jackson
February 7, 2022 16:10 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Feeding or foraging 2

25 metres off Glen Maye beach

Neil and Glennis Corkill
February 7, 2022 08:50 Bottlenose Dolphin 25 5 Fast swim or porpoising 1

Douglas head, from Ben-my-Chree

David Nattrass
January 30, 2022 10:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 20 0 Feeding or foraging 60

Laxey to Marine drive

Too many to mention
January 20, 2022 16:50 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 10

White Strand beach

Scott Baker
January 14, 2022 08:05 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Feeding or foraging 240

Peel bay and headlands

Mandy, Lara, Lisa
January 11, 2022 14:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 40 10 Fast swim or porpoising 15

Marine drive

Pawel Garczynski
January 11, 2022 13:00 Harbour Porpoise 5 1 Feeding or foraging 10

Langness

Pawel Garczynski
January 7, 2022 14:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 20 0 Feeding or foraging 15

Kallow Point

December 28, 2021 13:25 Bottlenose Dolphin 10 0 Feeding or foraging 40

Maughold head

Martyn
December 24, 2021 09:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 20 10 Normal swimming 15

Port Erin

Sarah Kinrade

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