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
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
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