Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
August 1, 2021 14:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 30

Ayres Nature Reserve

Diane Crossley
August 1, 2021 17:00 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 2

Point of Ayre

Kathy
August 1, 2021 13:50 Harbour Porpoise 3 0 Normal swimming 5

South Harbour

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Calf Assistant Warden
July 31, 2021 12:30 Harbour Porpoise 2 1 Normal swimming 10

South Harbour, Calf of Man

Sam
July 31, 2021 18:15 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 15

Peel bay

Ruth Black and Sarah Lowe
July 30, 2021 12:15 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Leaping 10

Off Ballaugh beach
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Andy Payne
July 29, 2021 13:15 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Feeding or foraging 10

Peel bay

Mike Kelly
July 28, 2021 16:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Feeding or foraging 45

Peel bay, northern end

Ciaran Quigley and others
July 26, 2021 17:20 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Normal swimming 260

Peel-Glen Wyllin

John Hurt, Karen Bartley, Tracey, Adrian, Evie Sunderland
July 25, 2021 15:24 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Fast swim or porpoising 1

West of Chicken Rock

Nina Shimmin
July 25, 2021 16:04 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 1

NW of Calf Sound

Nina Shimmin
July 25, 2021 16:10 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Normal swimming 1

N of Calf Sound

Nina Shimmin
July 25, 2021 19:40 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Blowing 30

Fleshwick

Nina Shimmin
July 25, 2021 15:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Feeding or foraging 45

Peel bay

Mandy, Michael George
July 24, 2021 12:20 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Fast swim or porpoising 85

Kirk Michael-Peel

Many

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
May 10, 2023 20:45 1 Tight circling 20 Behind peel castle Iva
May 9, 2023 12:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 15 miles East of Point of Ayre Chris Hill
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