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
August 9, 2022 17:25 1 Suspected feeding 3 Between Jurby and the Cronk Andrea & Robert
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