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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |