Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 7, 2022 | 12:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 6 | Leaping | 90 |
South Harbour, Calf of Man |
Sam Bowers, Aron Sapsford | |
| August 7, 2022 | 15:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Peel Bay |
Dave Maddrell |
| August 7, 2022 | 08:15 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Fast swim or porpoising | 5 |
Point of Ayre |
Helena Zoe Warren |
| August 6, 2022 | 10:15 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
Ten miles NW of Calf Sound. |
Dermot Shimmin |
| August 4, 2022 | 09:30 | Common Dolphin | 10 | 0 | Bow riding | 15 |
2 mile off Niarbyl |
Max Crookall |
| August 4, 2022 | 19:20 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Peel- by the lifeboat slip |
Vicky and Andy Walmsley |
| August 3, 2022 | 17:55 | Common Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Driving fish onto sandbank | 5 |
Douglas bay |
Julia Devlin |
| August 1, 2022 | 08:00 | Common Dolphin | 50 | 10 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
Chicken rock tidal stream |
Calf wardens |
| July 30, 2022 | 14:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Douglas bay |
Not recorded |
| July 30, 2022 | 18:00 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Laxey Bay. |
Andrew Lang |
| July 29, 2022 | 10:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Cronk Beach, Ballaugh, 25 metres off shore. |
T Young |
| July 28, 2022 | 18:30 | Common Dolphin | 500 | 10 | Boat interaction (not riding bow) | 30 |
10 miles west of Peel |
Not recorded |
| July 27, 2022 | 12:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 5 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Bradda head |
Cheryl M |
| July 27, 2022 | 15:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Leaping | 400 |
Gansey bay to Spanish head |
Ranulf Lucas, John Rimmer, Calf wardens, Richard Cowin |
| July 26, 2022 | 10:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Gansey, opposite the Shore hotel |
Megan Guy, Joanna Kinley and others |
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 |