Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 11, 2022 | 08:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 8 | 2 | Fast swim or porpoising | 15 |
Gansey bay |
Robyn, Matthew and Thomas |
| October 11, 2022 | 13:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 15 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 5 |
The Sound-going through little sound |
Ali Waddell |
| October 10, 2022 | 16:20 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Pigeon stream, Marine drive |
MWDW |
| October 10, 2022 | 16:35 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Road closure end, Marine drive |
MWDW |
| October 8, 2022 | 13:45 | Minke Whale | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Port St Mary |
Phill M |
| October 8, 2022 | 15:15 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Blowing | 1 |
Big Head, Calf of Man |
Calf of Man Bird Obs team |
| October 8, 2022 | 14:30 | Minke Whale | 3 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Port Grenaugh-Port Soderick |
Elan Shipton, Matthew Dawson |
| October 8, 2022 | 11:30 | Minke Whale | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Marine Drive-Pigeon Stream |
Steve Wright |
| October 7, 2022 | 14:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Peel breakwater |
Adam Denard |
| October 6, 2022 | 12:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 6 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Port St Mary |
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| October 5, 2022 | 16:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 3 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| October 5, 2022 | 16:45 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 5 | 0 | Spy hopping | 2 |
Kallow point |
Kris Breadner, Chris Callow |
| October 3, 2022 | 16:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 20 | 0 | Normal swimming | 30 |
Peel Castle |
Mandy and MWDW |
| October 2, 2022 | 09:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 8 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 20 |
About 3 Km East of Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| October 2, 2022 | 10:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 10 | 2 | Fast swim or porpoising | 420 |
1 Km East of Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| June 27, 2022 | 12:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | 3 miles west of Peel | Max Crookall | |||
| June 23, 2022 | 16:45 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 1 | Half a mile north of Calf Sound | Malcolm Stewart | ||
| June 22, 2022 | 18:15 | 1 | 2 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Herring tower Langness | Richard and Janice Cooil | ||
| June 22, 2022 | 19:20 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 2 | 6km SW of Chicken Rock | David Bellamy & others |