Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
November 15, 2022 15:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 20 0 Feeding or foraging 70

2Km off Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
November 13, 2022 12:30 Harbour Porpoise 1 0 Feeding or foraging 15

Peel castle

MWDW
November 12, 2022 15:00 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 20

Peel castle

Amy, Kevin Walmsley
November 6, 2022 09:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 3 1 Normal swimming 5

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
November 5, 2022 15:10 Bottlenose Dolphin 1 1 Fast swim or porpoising 5

Peel bay

Birds IOM
November 4, 2022 09:20 Bottlenose Dolphin 51 2 Leaping 40

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
November 1, 2022 14:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 50 0 Fast swim or porpoising 60

Laxey-/maughold

Cheryl Southgate
October 19, 2022 18:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 10 0 Bow riding 10

Douglas harbour seen from the Ben

Gareth John
October 12, 2022 15:55 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 5

Pigeon stream, Marine drive

MWDW
October 11, 2022 11:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 20 0 Normal swimming 5

Langness

Barrule
October 11, 2022 17:28 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 2

Cow Harbour, Calf of Man

Calf oif Man Bird Observatory Team
October 11, 2022 08:15 Bottlenose Dolphin 8 2 Fast swim or porpoising 15

Gansey bay

Robyn, Matthew and Thomas
October 11, 2022 13:30 Bottlenose Dolphin 15 0 Fast swim or porpoising 5

The Sound-going through little sound

Ali Waddell
October 10, 2022 16:20 Minke Whale 1 0 Normal swimming 5

Pigeon stream, Marine drive

MWDW
October 10, 2022 16:35 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 5

Road closure end, Marine drive

MWDW

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
July 29, 2022 09:30 1 Swimming 5 3 miles East of Calf of Man STV Leader
July 28, 2022 20:00 1 1 Suspected feeding 10 1 mile off Peel Casey J
July 27, 2022 13:00 1 Tight circling 10 Gibdale Point Peter Kay
July 18, 2022 19:37 1 Suspected feeding 5 Nine and a half miles NW of Calf Sound Nina Shimmin
July 16, 2022 18:00 1 Suspected feeding 80 Port Erin undeleeb din, Elasmomann
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