Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
22/04/2023 15:30 Risso’s Dolphin 2 0 Leaping 10

Pigeon stream, Marine drive.

Shane Stigant
22/04/2023 15:30 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 5

The Targets, Jurby

Combine and Trish
22/04/2023 15:15 Moonlight and Starlight 1 1 Normal swimming 5

Just outside Peel harbour

Rach and Jenny Tonkinson
14/04/2023 19:00 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 15

Jurby

John Hills
14/04/2023 15:45 Bottlenose Dolphin 25 5 Fast swim or porpoising 240

Onchan-Douglas

Many
14/04/2023 14:25 Bottlenose Dolphin 8 2 Not recorded 150

Port St Mary-Scarlett

Kyla Quayle, Rob Mercer, N&G Corkill
14/04/2023 10:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 10 0 Normal swimming 40

Niarbyl

Jed
11/04/2023 15:00 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Not recorded 5

Peel

Anne-Marie
10/04/2023 17:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 4 2 Leaping 25

Scarlett point

Kieron Blamey, Neil and Glennis Corkill, Laura Baven
09/04/2023 14:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 10 0 Normal swimming 180

Onchan head

Jason Bissell, Matt Knowles
09/04/2023 09:00 Moonlight and Starlight 1 1 Feeding or foraging 40

Port Erin

Ruth Murphey-Gale
08/04/2023 15:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 25 5 Feeding or foraging 180

Port Soderick to Douglas lighthouse

Michael George, Deb Cubbon, Richard and Janice, Eliza M
07/04/2023 18:25 Risso’s Dolphin 4 2 Normal swimming 15

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
07/04/2023 13:50 Common Dolphin 3 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Gibdale bay, Calf of Man

Calf Wardens
04/04/2023 11:00 Moonlight and Starlight 1 1 Not recorded 90

Tower of Refuge, Douglas bay

Neilkeig, Allen S Moore