Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 14, 2022 | 09:15 | White-beaked dolphin | 20 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 10 |
Between Fort Island and runway extension |
Patrick and Anne Hamilton |
| August 13, 2022 | 12:05 | Common Dolphin | 10 | Normal swimming | 5 |
1.5m west of Bradda Head |
Jane Young | |
| August 13, 2022 | 16:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Back of the calf of man |
Gemini |
| August 12, 2022 | 16:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 2 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
1/2 mile of Perwick bay |
Four winns |
| August 12, 2022 | 18:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Laxey Bay |
Meghan Pilley |
| August 11, 2022 | 19:25 | Common Dolphin | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Laxey bay |
Shane Stigant |
| August 11, 2022 | 20:10 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 40 |
From Ballaghennie beach |
Di Swayne |
| August 11, 2022 | 20:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 45 |
Peel castle |
Mark |
| August 11, 2022 | 10:15 | Harbour Porpoise | 25 | 10 | Feeding or foraging | 90 |
1.5m off coast from Glen Maye to Bradda Head |
jane young |
| August 11, 2022 | 10:30 | Minke Whale | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
2m west of Niarbyl |
jane young | |
| August 11, 2022 | 11:15 | Common Dolphin | 20 | 5 | Bow riding | 20 |
2m west of Bradda Head |
jane young |
| August 10, 2022 | 12:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 500 |
Peel bay to White Strand beach |
Beckie Yeomans, Alan Vincent |
| August 10, 2022 | 19:40 | Harbour Porpoise | 3 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 2 |
Off Callow Point |
Dermot Shimmin |
| August 9, 2022 | 18:15 | Common Dolphin | 20 | 5 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
500m off Sugarloaf |
Richard and Jan Cooil |
| August 9, 2022 | 11:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Leaping | 600 |
Peel |
Tim Chan, Tilly and Flo |
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 |