Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 6, 2018 | 16:30 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 55 |
Peel Castle |
MWDW, Josh and Chloe Gelling |
| November 5, 2018 | 15:20 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 1 | Not recorded | 15 |
The Sound |
Neil Barron |
| November 4, 2018 | 10:54 | Minke Whale | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 390 |
Fort Island |
Neil B, R Davies, Mike Dunn, Ali Kyle |
| November 4, 2018 | 12:30 | Minke Whale | 4 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Off Marine Drive, very close to the cliffs, looked to be feeding. |
Rose Huntley |
| November 4, 2018 | 15:30 | Minke Whale | 1 | 1 | Logging on surface | 60 |
End of run-way Derbyhaven. |
James |
| November 2, 2018 | 08:40 | Minke Whale | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Fort Island |
Liz Chartern Neil Barron |
| November 2, 2018 | 14:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 4 | 1 | Not recorded | 15 |
Drinking dragon |
Neil Barron |
| November 1, 2018 | 08:00 | Minke Whale | 2 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 540 |
Santon gorge-Fort Island |
Jan Cooil, E Cleator, others |
| November 1, 2018 | 09:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 10 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Derbyhaven |
Liz Charter |
| November 1, 2018 | 08:45 | Unidentified Small Cetacean | 13 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 120 |
Laxey-Marine drive |
Many |
| October 31, 2018 | 09:30 | Minke Whale | 2 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Fort island to airport runway |
Mike Dunn, Neil Barron |
| October 31, 2018 | 10:35 | Minke Whale | 2 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 60 |
Fort Island |
Neil Barron |
| October 30, 2018 | 11:30 | Minke Whale | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 180 |
Between runway and Fort island |
James Woolnough, Caitriona Ellis, Nick Shimmin |
| October 30, 2018 | 13:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
500 metres off Douglas Lighthouse |
Peter Quirk |
| October 30, 2018 | 14:10 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 2 |
Half mile off Pigeon Stream, Marine Drive. |
Peter Quirk |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 22, 2022 | 19:20 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 2 | 6km SW of Chicken Rock | David Bellamy & others | |||
| June 21, 2022 | 19:15 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Port Wallberry, Marine Drive | Manx Ornithological Society Marine Drive walk | ||
| June 21, 2022 | 17:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 25 | 350m off Glen Wyllin | Ian Young | |||
| June 18, 2022 | 11:00 | 1 | Swimming | 15 | Marine Drive | Craig Whalley | |||
| June 16, 2022 | 12:10 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Douglas head | Ian Wilcock | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 13:45 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Port Soderick | Jordan Palfreman | ||||
| June 15, 2022 | 15:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | West of Calf of Man | Quentin De Backer | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 15:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Port Erin bay | Not recorded | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 12:10 | 3 | Tight circling | 20 | 6 miles south Sugar loaf | Kirrie jenkins, Doug Patrick | |||
| June 15, 2022 | 11:05 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 35 | Douglas head | Ian Wilcock | |||
| June 14, 2022 | 21:30 | 2 | Suspected feeding | 35 | Marine drive Port Soderick end | Kevin Sharpe | |||
| June 13, 2022 | 19:55 | 1 | Tight circling | 15 | Fort Island | David Bellamy & Robert Fisher | |||
| June 12, 2022 | 10:40 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 120 | Peel headlands-breakwater | John Baker, Alastair Sutherland, Jon Corlett, Elli Gawne, Julie Howarth | |||
| June 11, 2022 | 15:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 160 | Gansey bay | Tim, Richard Corlett | |||
| June 9, 2022 | 10:57 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Jurby | Lizzie Coote |