Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 26, 2022 | 15:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 2 | 1 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Marine drive |
Pawel Garczynski |
| July 25, 2022 | 11:50 | Unidentified Small Cetacean | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 15 |
Douglas bay |
Greg |
| July 22, 2022 | 12:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
Ramsey bay |
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| July 21, 2022 | 06:20 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 15 |
Port Erin |
R Mann |
| July 19, 2022 | 09:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Normal swimming | 720 |
Using Peel bay all day |
Ruth, Mary, John Black, Peter Butler, Holroyd Family and more |
| July 18, 2022 | 10:00 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
6 miles south of Port St Mary |
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| July 17, 2022 | 11:20 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 5 |
9 miles NW of the Calf |
Nina Shimmin |
| July 17, 2022 | 08:27 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
Approx 7km SW of Mull of Galloway |
David Bellamy & Robert Fisher |
| July 17, 2022 | 08:36 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
West of Mull of Galloway |
David Bellamy & Robert Fisher |
| July 13, 2022 | 16:30 | Risso’s Dolphin | 2 | 2 | Normal swimming | 5 |
10 miles south of Calf of Man |
Dee Orme |
| July 13, 2022 | 18:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Bow riding | 10 |
Off Peel hills |
Not recorded |
| July 11, 2022 | 12:24 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
South of PSM ledges |
Fourwinns |
| July 11, 2022 | 11:30 | Minke Whale | 3 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
3 miles south-west Chicken rock |
Four winns |
| July 11, 2022 | 14:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 4 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 3 |
3 miles South of Spanish head |
Four winns |
| July 10, 2022 | 21:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Leaping | 10 |
Behind Peel Castle |
Recent basking shark sightings
| Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 14, 2022 | 07:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | 3 miles off Contrary head | Max Crookall | |||
| 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 |