Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
October 30, 2018 15:30 Risso’s Dolphin 2 0 Normal swimming 1

Port Jack

Graeme Healy
October 27, 2018 11:10 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 400

Santon gorge

Jan Cooil, Cara
October 26, 2018 14:00 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 200

End of the airport runway

Jan Cooil, Ryan Cain, Fred and others
October 26, 2018 16:30 Harbour Porpoise 2 0 Feeding or foraging 15

End of the runway

Jan Cooil
October 25, 2018 14:30 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 150

Between airport runway extension and Port Grenaugh

Pauline & Michael Howland, Jan Cooil
October 24, 2018 15:50 Minke Whale 2 0 Feeding or foraging 130

North of Fort island

Zoe Shimmin, Jan Cooil
October 23, 2018 10:00 Minke Whale 2 0 Feeding or foraging 480

North of Fort island

MWDW
October 22, 2018 11:00 Minke Whale 2 0 Feeding or foraging 400

North of Fort island

Peter Quirk
October 21, 2018 10:00 Minke Whale 2 0 Feeding or foraging 480

North of Fort island

MWDW
October 20, 2018 11:15 Minke Whale 2 0 Feeding or foraging 300

North of Fort island

David Richards and others
October 18, 2018 12:10 Minke Whale 2 0 Feeding or foraging 300

Douglas bay-Port Soderick

Many people, incl Peter Quirk
October 18, 2018 15:00 Risso’s Dolphin 3 0 Normal swimming 75

North of the Sound, Bay Fine

Cheryl and MWDW
October 18, 2018 12:45 Bottlenose Dolphin 30 0 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Burroo Ned, South of the Calf

Neil Barron
October 17, 2018 12:10 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 10

The Arches, Marine drive

Jan Cooil, Alison Price
October 17, 2018 13:20 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Little Ness, Marine Drive

Steve Wright

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