Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 19, 2021 | 19:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 40 |
Peel Castle |
MWDW and others |
| April 17, 2021 | 16:45 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Marine drive |
Not recorded |
| April 17, 2021 | 09:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 40 |
Peel Breakwater |
The Hewes |
| April 16, 2021 | 14:30 | Minke Whale | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Eastern side Langness peninsula |
Erica Scott |
| April 16, 2021 | 12:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 16 | 0 | Normal swimming | 30 |
Marine Drive |
Mike Priest, Beth, Ed and Tom Austin |
| April 16, 2021 | 17:40 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
Peel Bay |
Many |
| April 15, 2021 | 12:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Bow riding | 240 |
Peel |
Many |
| April 14, 2021 | 11:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Port Soderick |
|
| April 13, 2021 | 06:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 6 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Douglas Head |
Catherine |
| April 13, 2021 | 14:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 120 |
Ramsey-Dog Mills-Point of Ayre |
Georgina Franks, Laura Byrne, Dilys Sowrey |
| April 12, 2021 | 12:05 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Langness lighthouse |
Steve Wright |
| April 12, 2021 | 18:40 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 45 |
Peel breakwater |
MWDW, Ian and Sam the Collie |
| April 11, 2021 | 11:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 15 | 0 | Normal swimming | 25 |
Laxey Bay |
Robert Fisher & David Bellamy |
| April 11, 2021 | 09:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Port Soderick |
Brian Liggins |
| April 9, 2021 | 15:20 | Risso’s Dolphin | 1 | 0 | Not recorded | 5 |
Port Erin old pier |
Tim Cross |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| 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 |