Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 15, 2022 | 17:55 | Common Dolphin | 1 | 0 | Leaping | 1 |
NNW of the Sound |
Carol Woodall |
| September 15, 2022 | 09:00 | Common Dolphin | 150 | 50 | Bow riding | 20 |
2 miles off Peel |
New Dawn |
| September 14, 2022 | 14:00 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 90 |
Marine drive |
Pawel G |
| September 13, 2022 | 15:50 | Common Dolphin | 10 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 50 |
Marine drive Toll gate |
Carol Woodall & Sue Whittaker |
| September 12, 2022 | 15:30 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 20 |
Marine drive Toll gate |
Carol Woodall & Sue Whittaker |
| September 10, 2022 | 15:40 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
SE of the Sound |
Carol Woodall |
| September 10, 2022 | 12:15 | Risso’s Dolphin | 10 | 2 | Normal swimming | 45 |
Marine drive Toll gate |
Ian Wilcock |
| September 9, 2022 | 15:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 5 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
The Chickens, Calf of Man |
Catrin Ferguson |
| September 8, 2022 | 16:50 | Risso’s Dolphin | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 12 |
SSE of the Sound |
Carol & Sue |
| September 8, 2022 | 17:20 | Risso’s Dolphin | 7 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
SSE of Sound |
Carol & Sue |
| September 8, 2022 | 16:25 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 1 |
South of the Sound |
Sue_Whittaker & Carol Woodall |
| September 2, 2022 | 17:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 20 | 0 | Normal swimming | 65 |
Douglas Bay |
France Heckel and others |
| September 2, 2022 | 15:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 5 | 2 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Dhoon beach |
Owen Atkinson |
| August 28, 2022 | 10:50 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Leaping | 35 |
Ramsey Bay |
Andrea & Robert |
| August 28, 2022 | 15:30 | Common Dolphin | 6 | 0 | Logging on surface | 15 |
Off Langness |
Mike Dunn |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 9, 2022 | 17:25 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 3 | Between Jurby and the Cronk | Andrea & Robert | |||
| August 9, 2022 | 18:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Off Orrisdale Head | Andrea & Robert | ||
| August 7, 2022 | 16:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Ballaghennie, Point of Ayre | Combine | |||
| August 4, 2022 | 11:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Bay stacka, west of Sugarloaf | Stephen Cowley | ||
| August 4, 2022 | 16:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Between Port Erin and the Sound | Phil M | ||
| August 4, 2022 | 21:25 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Port Erin Bay | Andy Karran | ||
| August 4, 2022 | 17:05 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | West of the Calf | Stanley Conlon | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 15:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Edge of Peel bay | Chris Duff | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 20:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Port Erin | Dan James | |||
| August 3, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Niarbyl | Rosa | |||
| July 29, 2022 | 09:30 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | 3 miles East of Calf of Man | STV Leader | |||
| July 28, 2022 | 20:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 1 mile off Peel | Casey J | ||
| July 27, 2022 | 13:00 | 1 | Tight circling | 10 | Gibdale Point | Peter Kay | |||
| July 18, 2022 | 19:37 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Nine and a half miles NW of Calf Sound | Nina Shimmin | |||
| July 16, 2022 | 18:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 80 | Port Erin | undeleeb din, Elasmomann |