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