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