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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 22, 2022 | 19:20 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 2 | 6km SW of Chicken Rock | David Bellamy & others | |||
| 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 |