Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 29, 2020 | 10:55 | Minke Whale | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 95 |
Marine drive toll gate |
MWDW and others | |
| September 29, 2020 | 09:50 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Port St Mary |
Vannin Veg |
| September 29, 2020 | 16:50 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
End of airport runway, Turkeylands |
Vannin Veg |
| September 28, 2020 | 15:10 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Fenella beach |
Dave Corkish |
| September 27, 2020 | 09:20 | Risso’s Dolphin | 3 | 1 | Normal swimming | 30 |
Kallow point, Port St Mary |
GrahamHall, Gemini boat trips |
| September 27, 2020 | 10:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 300 |
Peel breakwater |
MWDW, Michael George |
| September 27, 2020 | 16:50 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Perwick bay, Port St Mary |
Phill M. |
| September 23, 2020 | 12:30 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 15 |
1 mile off Port Grenaugh |
Darren Watterson |
| September 22, 2020 | 10:00 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Inshore Douglas head |
Many |
| September 21, 2020 | 12:45 | Common Dolphin | 20 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
West of the Sound |
Neil |
| September 21, 2020 | 11:10 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 270 |
Close in Marine drive and Douglas head |
MWDW and others |
| September 21, 2020 | 11:10 | Minke Whale | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Marine drive Arches- far offshore |
MWDW |
| September 20, 2020 | 12:30 | Minke Whale | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Douglas bay |
MWDW and others |
| September 20, 2020 | 12:30 | Unidentified Large Cetacean | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 180 |
Offshore from Marine drive, near wind farm. Seen blowing |
MWDW |
| September 20, 2020 | 15:30 | Minke Whale | 0 | 1 | Normal swimming | 30 |
Very close inshore Marine drive-Douglas head |
MWDW |
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 |