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 7, 2022 | 18:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Marine drive | MWDW | |||
| June 6, 2022 | 16:40 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | 5m off Port Erin | Faye Devlin | |||
| June 3, 2022 | 11:05 | 1 | Swimming | 1 | Half a mile west of Spanish Head | Malcolm Stewart | |||
| June 2, 2022 | 15:20 | 1 | Swimming | 1 | Off Jurby head | Malcolm Stewart | |||
| May 29, 2022 | 12:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | East of the Sound | MWDW | |||
| May 26, 2022 | 13:40 | 1 | Swimming | 15 | Peel Castle | Eric Holmes, Oliver & Sarah Middleton | |||
| May 24, 2022 | 18:00 | 1 | Swimming | 30 | Port Erin bay | Elizabeth Lawton | |||
| May 14, 2022 | 17:50 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | The Chasms | Alessia | ||
| May 7, 2022 | 14:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 45 | 300m east of the Calf of Man | Caroline & Phil Roriston and David | |||
| May 3, 2022 | 14:45 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Port Erin | ||||
| May 1, 2022 | 12:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Dalby | Richard Marks | |||
| April 29, 2022 | 17:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 15 | Eary Cushlin | Nicola |