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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| June 7, 2022 | 18:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Marine drive | MWDW |