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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |