Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 5, 2020 | 11:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 30 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Laxey to Maughold |
Grania Thornton, Swasti Behari |
| November 5, 2020 | 10:30 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Glen Mooar |
Val Roscoe |
| November 3, 2020 | 11:10 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 20 | 5 | Fast swim or porpoising | 30 |
Groudle head to Onchan |
Richard Cooil and others |
| November 1, 2020 | 16:10 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Peel bay |
Chris |
| October 24, 2020 | 12:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 2 | 2 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| October 19, 2020 | 10:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 7 | 2 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Bay Fine |
Breeshey Harkin, Di Swayne and others |
| October 18, 2020 | 15:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Dogmills to Ramsey bay |
Louise, Janette Gledhill and others |
| October 18, 2020 | 11:50 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 28 | 2 | Normal swimming | 300 |
Niarbyl to Bay Fine via Port Erin bay |
Too many to mention |
| October 17, 2020 | 11:35 | Risso’s Dolphin | 1 | 0 | Leaping | 5 |
The Lhen |
Allen S. Moore |
| October 17, 2020 | 14:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 4 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Approximately 0.5 to 1 km east of the Sugarloaf cave |
Janette Gledhill | |
| October 11, 2020 | 17:30 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Half a mile NE of Laxey headland |
Shane Stigant |
| October 8, 2020 | 11:40 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Ramsey bay |
Dave Corkish |
| October 7, 2020 | 16:50 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Onchan Head |
Peter Coxhead |
| October 1, 2020 | 18:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 70 | 10 | Fast swim or porpoising | 60 |
Laxey bay to Maughold head |
Shane Stigant, Mark Murley |
| September 29, 2020 | 11:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 20 | 0 | Normal swimming | 60 |
Marine drive toll gate |
MWDW and others |
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 |