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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 7, 2022 | 18:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Marine drive | MWDW | |||
| June 6, 2022 | 16:40 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | 5m off Port Erin | Faye Devlin | |||
| June 3, 2022 | 11:05 | 1 | Swimming | 1 | Half a mile west of Spanish Head | Malcolm Stewart | |||
| June 2, 2022 | 15:20 | 1 | Swimming | 1 | Off Jurby head | Malcolm Stewart | |||
| May 29, 2022 | 12:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | East of the Sound | MWDW | |||
| May 26, 2022 | 13:40 | 1 | Swimming | 15 | Peel Castle | Eric Holmes, Oliver & Sarah Middleton | |||
| May 24, 2022 | 18:00 | 1 | Swimming | 30 | Port Erin bay | Elizabeth Lawton | |||
| May 14, 2022 | 17:50 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | The Chasms | Alessia | ||
| May 7, 2022 | 14:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 45 | 300m east of the Calf of Man | Caroline & Phil Roriston and David | |||
| May 3, 2022 | 14:45 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Port Erin | ||||
| May 1, 2022 | 12:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Dalby | Richard Marks | |||
| April 29, 2022 | 17:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 15 | Eary Cushlin | Nicola |