Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 13, 2021 | 11:40 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 15 | 5 | Fast swim or porpoising | 20 |
Peel breakwater |
Jeremy Rigby |
| November 13, 2021 | 08:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Marine drive |
Pawel Garczynski |
| November 10, 2021 | 12:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Between Maughold Head and Port Mooar |
J Brown |
| November 10, 2021 | 15:10 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Peel bay |
Ian Young |
| November 8, 2021 | 13:00 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Peel castle near breakwater |
Stacy Chadwick |
| November 5, 2021 | 10:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 17 | 3 | Fast swim or porpoising | 250 |
Castletown bay- The Sound |
Carl Hadfield, Hannah Tennant and M.Moore |
| November 3, 2021 | 15:20 | Minke Whale | 0 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Peel Castle |
MWDW |
| November 3, 2021 | 16:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 8 | 2 | Fast swim or porpoising | 10 |
Peel Castle |
Dave Corkish |
| October 31, 2021 | 15:10 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
Peel Castle |
Michael George, Keith. J |
| October 30, 2021 | 10:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 10 | 5 | Normal swimming | 50 |
Garwick bay to Laxey head |
Sue and Shane Stigant |
| October 30, 2021 | 16:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 15 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
Point of Ayre |
Marianne Curphey |
| October 30, 2021 | 11:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 4 | 0 | Normal swimming | 30 |
Marine Drive |
Tom Fyson |
| October 30, 2021 | 12:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 6 | 2 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Maughold Head |
Steve & Netty Taggart |
| October 27, 2021 | 16:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 6 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 10 |
Fort Island |
Pete Lumb |
| October 26, 2021 | 07:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 120 |
Port Erin bay |
Richard Parlor and Michele Farrar |
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 |