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
July 14, 2022 07:30 1 Suspected feeding 5 3 miles off Contrary head Max Crookall
July 12, 2022 03:00 2 Swimming 120 Port Erin Bay Charles Leclerc
July 11, 2022 10:40 1 1 Suspected feeding 7 1nm SE of South Harbour, Calf of Man David Bellamy & Robert Fisher
July 10, 2022 21:20 1 Suspected feeding 6 Three and a half miles NW of Calf Sound Dermot Shimmin
July 5, 2022 09:00 1 3 Suspected feeding 120 1 km off White Strand & Gob-Y-Deigan Ian Judd
July 5, 2022 15:45 1 Swimming 15 Niarbyl Bay Georgina Franks, Lauren Slater
July 5, 2022 15:00 1 1 Swimming 180 Peel breakwater Colin Lawrenson, Alistair Sutherland and other
July 4, 2022 12:00 3 Suspected feeding 200 Peel breakwater to the headlands Andi young, Neil Westwood, The Mitchell family
July 3, 2022 14:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 Glen Maye – Peel Hill David R
July 3, 2022 15:55 1 Suspected feeding 10 150-200m off Peel Castle Mike Davies
June 30, 2022 13:50 1 1 Suspected feeding 15 Scarlett Virginia Keig
June 30, 2022 16:24 0 0 1 Swimming 2 North coast of the Calf of Man Tom Morgan and Gemma Scotts
June 27, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 3 miles west of Peel Max Crookall
June 23, 2022 16:45 1 1 Suspected feeding 1 Half a mile north of Calf Sound Malcolm Stewart
June 22, 2022 18:15 1 2 Suspected feeding 20 Herring tower Langness Richard and Janice Cooil