Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 22, 2022 | 16:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 3 | 3 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Middle of Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| September 20, 2022 | 09:30 | Unidentified Large Cetacean | 2 | 0 | Leaping | 10 |
S of Bradda Head |
Carol & Sue |
| September 20, 2022 | 09:45 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Port Erin breakwater |
Sue_Whittaker & Carol Woodall |
| September 20, 2022 | 09:20 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 15 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 30 |
Niarbyl |
Maurice |
| September 20, 2022 | 18:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Leaping | 30 |
Point of Ayre (east) |
Tim Pressley |
| September 19, 2022 | 09:55 | Risso’s Dolphin | 7 | 0 | Leaping | 15 |
The Arches, Marine drive |
Richard and Jan Cooil |
| September 19, 2022 | 18:15 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 2 |
S of Sound car park |
Carol Woodall |
| September 19, 2022 | 18:30 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
S of Sound car park |
Carol Woodall |
| September 19, 2022 | 19:10 | Unidentified Large Cetacean | 5 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 5 |
SSE of Sound car park |
Carol & Sue |
| September 19, 2022 | 09:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 6 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 15 |
Marine drive toll gate |
Adam Tansley-Scales |
| September 19, 2022 | 08:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 20 | 0 | Normal swimming | 60 |
Marine drive-Littleness to Langness |
Pawel G |
| September 17, 2022 | 13:45 | Minke Whale | 4 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 300 |
Marine Drive |
Carol & Sue, Mark Leadley, Helen Kaighin |
| September 17, 2022 | 13:50 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 180 |
1 km SE of the Chasms |
David Bellamy, Robert Fisher, Matt Dean, Steve Clague |
| September 16, 2022 | 13:00 | Minke Whale | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 120 |
Marine Drive |
Carol & Sue |
| September 15, 2022 | 06:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Tail slapping | 15 |
Peel harbour |
Joanne and Kirsty Kneen |
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 |