Recent cetacean sightings
| Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 20, 2022 | 15:20 | Risso’s Dolphin | 12 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
Chicken rock, SW of the Calf of Man |
Jan G |
| June 16, 2022 | 13:40 | Risso’s Dolphin | 4 | 2 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
Port St Mary |
Phil M |
| June 15, 2022 | 18:40 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 6 |
1 mile south of Carrick Bay |
Nina Shimmin |
| June 15, 2022 | 18:42 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 5 |
Carrick Bay |
Nina Shimmin |
| June 15, 2022 | 18:45 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Leaping | 1 |
Carrick Bay |
Dermot Shimmin |
| June 15, 2022 | 11:30 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 2 |
7 miles south of port st mary |
Doug Patrick |
| June 15, 2022 | 14:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 5 | 0 | Logging on surface | 5 |
8 miles south of port st mary |
Doug Patrick |
| June 15, 2022 | 08:45 | Minke Whale | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
From Ben-my-Chree |
Andy Mcallister |
| June 14, 2022 | 11:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 5 | 0 | Normal swimming | 3 |
Scarlett Point |
ChristIne Dolan |
| June 12, 2022 | 10:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 75 |
Port Erin Bay |
Amy Clark and Anthony Brand |
| June 9, 2022 | 22:00 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Leaping | 20 |
Peel bay |
Leanne Cubbon |
| June 8, 2022 | 21:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 1 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
Peel bay, 100 metres off the Marine Hotel |
Andy Findlay, Terry Taxi, Samuel Irwin |
| June 7, 2022 | 17:40 | Risso’s Dolphin | 8 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 10 |
1 mile off runway, Derbyhaven |
Four winns |
| June 7, 2022 | 14:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 5 | 1 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
South of the Calf |
Peter Kay |
| June 7, 2022 | 20:30 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 15 | 0 | Leaping | 30 |
Laxey bay-Onchan head |
Simone Forster, Charmaine Bentham |
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 |