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